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Bus, line 101 bus via Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19
best
1. Take the bus from Monaghan Bus Station to Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 1932
2. Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 13 to Balbriggan101
2h 18m
€23–33
Bus, line 101 bus
cheapest
1. Take the bus from Monaghan Bus Station to Drogheda Bus Station182
2. Take the bus from Drogheda Bus Station to Balbriggan Comm Cen101 / ...
2h 28m
€14–21
Drive 98.8 km
1. Drive from Monaghan to Balbriggan98.8 km
1h 11m
€17–24
Bus, train
1. Take the bus from Monaghan Bus Station to Dundalk Bus Station162
2. Take the train from Dundalk to Drogheda Macbride
3. Take the train from Drogheda to BalbrigganRe / ...
2h 49m
€16–26

Monaghan to Balbriggan by bus

84Weekly Buses

2h 18mAverage Duration

€23Cheapest Price

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Distance: 143.2 km
Duration: 2h 18m

What companies run services between Monaghan, Ireland and Balbriggan, Ireland?

You can take a bus from Monaghan Bus Station to Balbriggan via Dublin Airport Terminal 2 Zone 19 and Dublin Airport Zone 13 in around 2h 18m.

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Balbriggan, Ireland(opens in a new window)

Balbriggan is a coastal town in Fingal, in the northern part of the traditional County Dublin, Ireland. It is approximately 34 km north of the city of Dublin, for which it is a commuter town. The 2022 census population was 24,322 for Balbriggan and its environs, the 17th largest urban area in Ireland. The town formerly had an active textile industry, and was the site of a major episode in the Irish War of Independence.

Things to do in Balbriggan

Malahide Castle(Opens in a new window)

Malahide Castle (Irish: Caisleán Mhullach Íde), parts of which date to the 12th century, lies, with over 260 acre of remaining estate parkland (the Malahide Demesne Regional Park), close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of Dublin in Ireland.

Ardgillan Castle(Opens in a new window)

Ardgillan Castle is a country house in Balbriggan, Fingal, Ireland. It is set in the 200 acre Ardgillan Demesne.

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.

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.

Places to stay in Balbriggan

Bracken Court Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.2Very Good

CityNorth Hotel & Conference Centre(Opens in a new window)

8.2Very Good

Hillview Self Catering(Opens in a new window)

9.3Superb

Hillview House(Opens in a new window)

9.3Superb

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