Cork to Donegal?

BlueDragon

any1 know how to get from cork to donegal with spending the least amount of money besides driving?
flights? train? teleportation?

P. Breathnach

I think buses are probably cheapest. http://www.buseireann.ie/site/home/ .

BuffyBot

Moved to Commuting/Transport

popebenny16

BlueDragon wrote: »

any1 know how to get from cork to donegal with spending the least amount of money besides driving?
flights? train? teleportation?

train lol....

Honest answer is simply to drive or get the bus. Cork to Athlone and Athlone to Sligo and Sligo to Donegal I think interlinking by BE

Calina

Via Dublin might well be faster.

RadioCity

I suppose it depends on what youre looking for and whether its North or South Donegal youre going to.

To travel the west coast on routes 51 and 64, you would need to be leaving Cork no later than 1025 to connect with the last 64 beyond Sligo at 1600. That bus serves both Donegal Town and Letterkenny en route to Derry.

However, assuming you only want to get to Letterkenny and want a change of scenery you could travel via Dublin, using either the bus or train to get that far. The last bus from Dublin to Letterkenny is 2245. It can be a tight connection by bus with only a 20 minute gap to connect between services. The 1800 route 8 ex Cork is only due in Busaras at 2225.

The train option could allow you to leave Cork as late as 1830 arriving at Heuston at 2115 allowing you time to meander over to Busaras.

There is no shortage of options!
A single from Cork to Letterkenny is €25.20 bought online. I assume that means you can use the ticket to travel by any reasonable route on that day.

highlydebased

lol flights between Cork and Donegal

peter1892

Neon-Circles wrote: »

lol flights between Cork and Donegal

A certain 'comedian' had that idea a few years ago

gally74

fly cork galway with aer arann, then get the bus

xabi

You could fly Cork - Belfast and bus it to Derry, should be plenty of connections to all parts of Donegal from Derry.

X.

BlueDragon

gally74 wrote: »

fly cork galway with aer arann, then get the bus

thats a good idea,
i was thinking bout getting the train to dublin then getting a flight from dublin to donegal what ye think?

Mint Sauce

what part of donegal you going to

BlueDragon

would it be any bit cheaper if i flew to dublin from cork then flew to donegal?

L1011

Doubt it - Donegal airport is in the arse end of the west of the county. No use for Donegal town, Letterkenny, etc.

armour87

You can fly dublin - derry city which is 20 minutes from Inisowen. U would need to sort a lift at the airport probably. A taxi will be about £10 to the city.

mikemac

xabi wrote: »

You could fly Cork - Belfast and bus it to Derry, should be plenty of connections to all parts of Donegal from Derry.
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Best option so far

But since you're worried about cost then it's Bus Eireann all the way

Respect to the Derry City and Cork City supporters who go to the away games in LOI!:cool:

Can you fly Cork to Sligo? Does that route exist?

Mint Sauce

micmclo wrote: »

Can you fly Cork to Sligo? Does that route exist?

no, had a similar debate my self on this on regonal flights, only flights from sligo are to dublin and twice weekly to manchester

Mint Sauce

xabi wrote: »

You could fly Cork - Belfast and bus it to Derry, should be plenty of connections to all parts of Donegal from Derry.

X.

buserriann would go to the main towns such as letterkenny, donegal town and on to sligo from derry, and any towns on the route in between,

swilly bus would serve other towns north and west of letterkenny and around the inishown pennisula

not sure if ulsterbus have a town/airport service in derry

L1011

micmclo wrote: »

Respect to the Derry City and Cork City supporters who go to the away games in LOI!:cool:

Cobh Ramblers -> Finn Harps is (marginally) longer apparently

kleefarr

popebenny16 wrote: »

train lol....

Seconded. LOL

It's a disgrace really. Why leave out nearly a quarter of the country?
IRISH RAIL MAP

Forget the new trains. Improve the network.

mikemac

kleefarr wrote: »

Seconded. LOL

It's a disgrace really. Why leave out nearly a quarter of the country?
IRISH RAIL MAP

Forget the new trains. Improve the network.

Just from looking at your map and there's a gaping hole between Athlone and Mullingar. If you linked these you'd join up two major lines.
Makes sense imo, I think there is a line there but only used for freight