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Bus, train
best
1. Take the bus from Waterside to Malahide Station102 / ...
2. Take the train from Malahide to LaytownIc / ...
1h 5m
€6–9
Drive 30.2 km
cheapest
1. Drive from Swords to Laytown30.2 km
22 min
€5–8
Line 101 bus, bus
1. Take the bus from Seatown to Drogheda Bus Station101
2. Take the bus from Drogheda Bus Station to Laytown VillageD1 / ...
1h 39m
€10–16
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Swords to Laytown30.2 km
22 min
€45–60
Line 41 bus, bus
1. Take the bus from Swords Castle to Drumcondra Station33 / ...
2. Take the bus from Drumcondra Station to Laytown Station910
1h 52m
€12

Swords to Laytown by bus and train

197Weekly Services

1h 5mAverage Duration

€6Cheapest Price

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Distance: 36.1 km
Duration: 1h 5m

What companies run services between Swords, Ireland and Laytown, Ireland?

You can take a bus from Seatown to Laytown Village via Drogheda Bus Station in around 1h 39m.

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Laytown, Ireland

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Things to do in Laytown

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.

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.

Places to stay in Laytown

The Village Hotel, Bar and Restaurant(Opens in a new window)

7.9Good

The Glenside(Opens in a new window)

8.7Fabulous

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

8.3Very Good

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

7.9Good

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