Conference tallis::celt

    
    There is no train but you could go into LImerick and get a bus.
    
    Your best bet is a taxi (I think about IR�25), or hire a car.
    
    Toby

    The official taxi fare, booked through the Galway plant, is now IR�48.
    
    Liam
    

    
     Um, ok, how much is (Squiggly L with line through it)48 in
    gawd-almighty green-back murican dollars?  8)
    
     I watch the Boston Celtics, not exchange rates.
    

        $1.70 buys you IR�1.00.
        That taxi fare becomes $81.60.!!!
        Shannon to Galway is approx 50 miles.
        Public transport outside of the main urban areas is a big problem.
        You are strongly advised to hire a car unless you plan to remain close
        to :-
    	Galway,Limerick,Cork,Dublin,Waterford ...which are the large cities
        in the republic (around 50,000 people).
    
    	Make sure you get your accomodation near a bus-route.
    	Taxis are dear here,a 6 mile journey cost me �10 one night,$17!!!
    	Car hire is criminally expensive compared to the states,count on
    	having to spend around �40.00 ($68.00) per day if you hire a car.
    
    	Gasoline,known as petrol here,costs around �3.00 a gallon or $4.74
    	which by U.S standards is also criminally expensive.
    	Eating out,entertainment,shopping is not too dear.Drinks are more
    	evenly priced here,you won't get the huge differences between posh
    	hotels and the neighbourhood taverns that you get in the States.
    
    	You can have a good time here if you are not planning to travel
    	long distances.Please let me know here if you need more details.
    

    There's a pretty regular bus service from Shannon via Ennis to Galway.

    Many thanks for the suggestions.

    I"m staying in Galway, so will use the bus from Shannon airport.  Is it
    advisable to book a seat on these buses, or are they generally quite easy
    to get on?

    Thank you,

    Ali

    No need to book....but you'll have to change buses once in Ennis.
    

    I haven't heard of anyone using the bus to get from Shannon
    to Galway since I did it in 1973:-).  I certainly didn't try
    it again.  I think the trick is to arrive at a time when you
    are not hanging around Ennis for half the day waiting for a
    connection.  With that in mind the following buses from
    Shannon connect with buses to Galway at Ennis:

    		Mon-Fri		Sat		Sun
    		09:35		09:35		  -
    		  -		11:15		13:35
    		13:15		13:15		16:10
    		17:30		  -		17:35	
    		19:00 (Fri only)  -		18:05


    			Liam

    I'm considering taking the ferry from Shannon to Tarbert rather than
    the drive around Limerick (destination Glengarriff, Co. Cork).
    
    Anyone know of the cost, schedule, etc.?
    
    Pat

    I did this some years back.  We just turned up and got on the next
    ferry.  Can't help about the schedules or prices, but we didn't have to
    wait long, and I don't remember it being that expensive.
    
    John

    Pat, someone published the Killimer-Tarbert ferry crossings
    in this conference some time back. I'll search the file and
    see where they are hiding.
    
    /g

    Thanks folks.
    
    Unfortunately, right after I entered .9 I found note 1244.
    
    Silly me...
    
    Pat

    My cousins (-in-law) did this a few years ago.  They stopped in a local
    to wait for the ferry and stayed three days.