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Bus
best
1. Take the bus from Clifden to Galway Coach Stationbus 923
2. Take the bus from Galway Coach Station to Dublin Airport Zone 11bus 760 / ...
3. Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to Drogheda Bus Stationbus
4h 58m
€35–60
Bus, train via Athlone
cheapest
1. Take the bus from Clifden to Galway Coach Stationbus 923
2. Take the train from Galway to Athlonetrain Re / ...
3. Take the bus from Athlone Station to Windmill Roadbus 190
8h 2m
€30–47
Bus, train
1. Take the bus from Clifden to Galway Coach Stationbus 923
2. Take the train from Galway to Dublin Heustontrain Re / ...
3. Take the train from Dublin Connolly to Droghedatrain Ic / ...
6h 9m
€38–58
Drive 290.6 km
1. Drive from Clifden to Droghedacar 290.6 km
3h 27m
€50–71

Clifden to Drogheda by bus

77Weekly Buses

4h 58mAverage Duration

€35Cheapest Price

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Distance: 336.2 km
Duration: 4h 58m

What companies run services between Clifden, Ireland and Drogheda, Ireland?

You can take a bus from Clifden to Drogheda Bus Station via Galway Coach Station and Dublin Airport Zone 13 in around 4h 58m.

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Drogheda(opens in a new window), Ireland(opens in a new window)

Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin city centre. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth but with the south fringes of the town in County Meath, north of Dublin city centre. Drogheda had a population of 44,135 inhabitants in 2022, making it the eleventh largest settlement by population in all of Ireland, and the largest town in the Republic of Ireland by both population and area. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange is located west of the town. Drogheda was founded as two separately administered towns in two different territories: Drogheda-in-Meath (i.e. the Lordship and Liberty of Meath, from which a charter was granted in 1194) and Drogheda-in-Oriel (or 'Uriel', as County Louth was then known). The division came from the twelfth-century boundary between two Irish kingdoms, colonised by different Norman interests, just as the River Boyne continues to divide the town between the dioceses of Armagh and Meath. In 1412, these two towns were united, and Drogheda became a county corporate, styled as "the County of the Town of Drogheda". Drogheda continued as a county borough until the establishment of county councils under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which saw all of Drogheda, including a large area south of the Boyne, become part of an extended County Louth. With the passing of the County of Louth and Borough of Drogheda (Boundaries) Provisional Order 1976, County Louth again grew larger at the expense of County Meath. The boundary was further altered in 1994 by the Local Government (Boundaries) (Town Elections) Regulations 1994. The 2007–2013 Meath County Development Plan recognises the Meath environs of Drogheda as a primary growth centre on a par with Navan.

Things to do in Drogheda

Newgrange(Opens in a new window)

Newgrange (Irish: Sí an Ḃrú or Brú na Bóinne) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located 8 km west of Drogheda on the north side of the River Boyne. It was built during the Neolithic period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids. The site consists of a large circular mound with an inner stone passageway and chambers. Human bones and possible grave goods or votive offerings were found in these chambers. The mound has a retaining wall at the front, made mostly of white quartz cobblestones, and is ringed by engraved kerbstones. Many of the larger stones of Newgrange are covered in megalithic art. The mound is also ringed by a stone circle. Some of the material that makes up the monument came from as far away as the Mournes and Wicklow Mountains. There is no agreement about what the site was used for, but it is believed that it had religious significance. Its entrance is aligned with the rising sun on the winter solstice, when sunlight shines through a 'roofbox' and floods the inner chamber. Several other passage tombs in Ireland are aligned with solstices and equinoxes, and Cairn G at Carrowkeel has a similar 'roofbox'. Newgrange also shares many similarities with other Neolithic constructions in Western Europe, such as Maeshowe in Orkney, Scotland and Bryn Celli Ddu in Wales. It is the most famous monument within the Neolithic Brú na Bóinne complex, alongside the similar passage tomb mounds of Knowth and Dowth, and as such is a part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Brú na Bóinne(Opens in a new window)

Brú na Bóinne is an area in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne. It contains one of the world's most important prehistoric landscapes dating from the Neolithic period, including the large Megalithic passage graves of Knowth, Newgrange and Dowth as well as some 90 additional monuments.

Knowth(Opens in a new window)

Knowth is a Neolithic passage grave and an ancient monument of the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne located 8.4 km west of Drogheda in Ireland's valley of the River Boyne. It is the largest passage grave of the Brú na Bóinne complex and consists of a large mound (known as Site 1) and 17 smaller satellite tombs. The mound is about 12 m high and 67 m in diameter, covering roughly a hectare. It contains two passages placed along an east-west line and is encircled by 127 kerbstones, of which three are missing, and four badly damaged.

Laytown(Opens in a new window)

Laytown is a village in County Meath, Ireland, located on the R150 regional road and overlooking the Irish Sea. Historically it was called Ninch, after the townland it occupies. Together with the neighbouring villages of Mornington and Bettystown it comprises the census town of Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington with a combined population of 10,889 at the 2011 Census, which is part of the wider area collectively known as East Meath. The 2016 Census recorded a population of 11,872 in the area which is now called Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney.

Places to stay in Drogheda

Scholars Townhouse Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

Chez Sé(Opens in a new window)

9.5Superb

Aaron Vale B&B(Opens in a new window)

8.8Fabulous

Boyne Valley Hotel - Bed & Breakfast Only(Opens in a new window)

7.9Good

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