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Getting to the Waterford Seafaring Festival of Song in 2011

Below is some information on possible travel options

TRAVEL TO THE FESTIVAL

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There are two options for travel to Ireland: By plane or by car ferry

PLANE: There are three airports which are suitable for Waterford.

1. WATERFORD

Waterford City has its own regional airport with regular daily flights by Aer Arann www.aerarann.com from Birmingham, London Luton and Manchester.

In previous years Aer Arann ran a summer service from Lorient in Brittany, and from Amsterdam, however the timetable for 2010 is not available yet.

We will arrange pick up for any performers flying into Waterford.

Car Hire is also available at the airport.

 

2. CORK

Cork Airport is approximately a 2 hour drive from Waterford.

It is serviced by a number of airlines.

Air Southwest: www.airsouthwest.co.uk flies from Newquay and Plymouth in Cornwall on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Aer Arann: www.aerarann.com Daily flight from Bristol, Cardiff and Edinburgh
(In previous years Aer Arann ran a Summer service from Nantes in Brittany, and from La Rochelle, however the timetable for 2010 is not available yet.)

Ryanair: www.ryanair.com Daily flights from London Stanstead, London Gatwick, and Liverpool

Aer Lingus: www.aerlingus.com Daily flights from UK and Europe

Bmibaby: www.bmibaby.co.uk Daily from East Midlands and Manchester

Wizz Air: www.wizzair.com Daily from Poland

Jet2.com: www.jet2.com Friday and Sunday from Newcastle.

There is an hourly bus service (www.buseireann.ie) between Cork and Waterford (with shuttle bus service from airport to main bus terminal in Cork) Eazy peezy

Car hire is also available at the airport.

If you intend to fly into Cork Airport please contact us and we may be in a position to arrange transport to Waterford.

 

3. DUBLIN

Dublin Airport is approximately a 3 hour drive from Waterford.

It is serviced by over 20 international airlines including .

Air Southwest, Aer Arann, Ryanair, Aer Lingus, BA, Air France etc

Bus /Rail Connection:

There is a shuttle bus service to main bus and rail stations in Dublin.

• Bus Eireann operate an hourly bus service (www.buseireann.ie) between Dublin and Waterford.

• JJ Kavanagh are a private company which operate a bus service from Dublin Airport to Waterford with 12 daily services. www.jjkavanagh.ie/

• There are also 8 daily return train services between Dublin (Heuston Station) and Waterford. www.irishrail.ie

Car hire is also available at the airport.

If you intend to fly into Dublin Airport please contact us and we may be in a position to arrange transport to Waterford.

 

CAR FERRY BY SEA

The closest ferryport to Waterford is Rosslare which is a 1 hour drive from Waterford. It has daily ferry services from Fishguard and Pembroke: Also a summer crossing with Cherbourg and Roscoff.

Dublin Ferry Port and Dun Laoghaire (outside Dublin), a 3 hour drive from Waterford, also have daily ferries from Liverpool and Holyhead. A new ferry service between Swansea and Cork begins on March 1st. Cork is 2 hours from Waterford (130 kilometres).

Ferry Companies:

www.fastnetline.com

www.stenaline.ie

www.irishferries.ie

www.brittanyferries.ie

www.poirishsea.com

We have special group rates arranged with some of the ferry companies so if you intend to travel by car ferry, please contact us before making a booking. We can then advise of a special booking code which may attract a 20-25% reduction.

Please direct all queries to: hooksandcrookes@gmail.com

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