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Town and rural/local buses in Co Galway

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  • 19-08-2010 12:11pm
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    Mrs OBumble
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    I've been working on a list of the rural transport providers in Galway - wondering if there are any others? Or indeed if any on the list are defunct etc? So far I've found:
    West Galway:


    North / East Galway
    • Colleran Buses - Ballinasloe
      Rural transport buses serving Ballinasloe, Caltra, Ahascrag, Aughrim, Mullagh and Cappataggle once a week.
    • North East Galway Rural Transport programme
      Provides services to rural communities between Headford, Williamstown / Ballymoe and Ballygar in the East, including areas in between (Tuam, Glenamaddy, Moylough and Mountbellew)
    • SE Galway IRD - "The Local Bus"
      Provides services in the Portumna / Woodford area. Contact XXX (can't find a website, so am listing a phone no only - obviously can't show that here on boards.ie).

    Also, I'm wondering if there are any local town services?

    I have a feeling I've heard about one in Tuam, but can't find any details on Google. The Department of Transport list says that "Farragher International Travel Services Ltd" is licenced for a service that starts and ends in Tuam - wondering if this is it, and if there's any contact/info on the web (or elsewhere).
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    hyperbaby
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    Burke's bus to and from Tuam
    http://www.burkesbus.com/

    They are known through The Saw Doctors' Joyce Country Ceili band
    Howya madge are you on you own?
    Howya fixed far a seat back home

    Madge being in reference to the lady who owns/drives the bus :D


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    confuseddotcom
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    I had thought Madge Burke was another different Bus Service actually, but I guess it makes sense when Sawdocs are from Tuam lol. :)


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    Head The Wall
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    Farrell Travel do Galway - Athenry

    Farrell Travel


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    alwaysadub
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    Healy's do a good service from Loughrea to Galway:

    http://www.healytours.ie/ss_loughrea.html


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,830 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Yeah, I know about (I think!) all the regional services that go to/from Galway.

    It's the rural-transport providers (that somehow, I'm not quite sure how are licenced differently), and also any town-only not-to-Galway services that I'm interested in.


    ... and all this talk of Madge is making me homesick for a town (city me ar*e) I've never even lived in!


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