Access to the Moy Region

County Mayo is easily accessible by air and by sea. By air, you can fly direct to Knock International Airport, which gets you within 25 minutes drive from the River Moy. Bring your own car and travel by sea on any of the ferry sailings.

ACCESS BY AIR

Knock International Airport (Please see below for further flight details). Other alternatives by air include Sligo and Galway Airports which are both within 1.5 hours drive of the River Moy. Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports are also within easy driving distance. Please contact your travel agent for further details.

ACCESS BY SEA

Irish Ferries
Twice daily sailing from Holyhead/Dublin and Pembroke/Rosslare. Tel: +353 (0)1 6610511.

Stena Sealink
Wide range of daily sailings on several routes. Holyhead/Dun Laoghaire, Holyhead/Dublin Port, Fishguard/Rosslare, Stranraer/Belfast and Stranraer/Larne, using a choice of cruisestyle ships. Tel: +353 (0)1 2047700.

Swansea/Cork Ferries
Daily sailings from Swansea to Cork during summer months. Tel: +353 (0)21 271166.

ACCESS BY RAIL

Irish Rail (Iarnrod Eireann) operates several trains daily between Dublin and Ballina/Foxford. Tel: +353 (0)96 71818 for train times.

ACCESS BY BUS

Bus Eireann provides an exclusive network of bus services throughout Ireland. Daily bus routes operate to and from Dublin, Cork, Galway, Sligo and Belfast to Ballina. For information on buses throughout Ireland, the UK and the Continent, Tel: + 353 (0) 96 71800.

Knock International Airport

Gateway to the West and North West

knock International Airport is the gateway to the West and North West regions of Ireland. Officially opened in 1986, the airport has gone from strength to strength and is the ideal gateway for visitors and holidaymakers to the West and North West.

Services from Britain include direct scheduled daily flights from London Stansted with Ryanair; Manchester with British Airways. Connections from mainland Europe to these British airports also open up the possibilities of flying to the heart of the West of Ireland easily and cheaply.

During the summer months, weekly charters from Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Zurich, Jersey and Amsterdam bring European holidaymakers directly to their chosen destination – the beautiful West of Ireland.

Knock Airport is ideally located for access to all parts of the West of Ireland. Galway City and Connemara are within 70 minutes drive. The beauty of North Mayo just 40 minutes. Knock, Ireland’s Marian Shrine is just a 10 minute drive away. Westport and Castlebar only 40 minutes drive. Corrib County and its many attractions within 30 minutes. The hidden treasures of Roscommon are all accessible from Knock Airport within 40 minutes drive. Attractions within easy driving distance from the airport include angling, golf, cruising, seaside and beach activities, religious tours, walking and cycling routes, language learning, off shore islands, many visitor and heritage attractions.

Services at the airport include car hire from all the major car hire companies – Hertz, National, Budget, Dan Dooley, Caseys, Eurocar), excellent bar and dining facilities, car parking, taxi services, bureau de change and tourist information service.

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