Have you considered car hire?

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It’s great value to hire a car from the airports for the weekend and prices for a 5 seat car start at approximately £55 for an entire weekend. The route from each airport is along a motorway and the hotel is just off the N1 motorway. We promise no Irish country roads (unless you head out on an adventure! Which we would encourage) 

A car journey takes approximately 50 minutes from Dublin or Belfast.

The hotel has free parking for guests. It is easily accessed from both Dublin and Belfast via the A1 Belfast / N1 Dublin. 

By Bus

​​​​​​​DUBLIN

Dublin Airport (DUB), Ireland 

Take the Expressway, route 100X Towards Drogheda & Dundalk. Transfer at the station “The Long Walk” Dundalk

Expressway Bus – Times and Booking

Take the Bus Éireanne 160 towards Newry. This Bus stops directly outside the Carrickdale Hotel

Bus Éireann 160 Timetable

BELFAST

 International Airport 

Belfast (Aldergrove) Airport (BFS), Northern Ireland

Take the Bus line 300a towards the Belfast Grand Central Station, Belfast

Airport Bus 300 Times & Booking

At Grand Central Station, Transfer to Translink Goldliner 238B towards Newry Bus Station   

Translink Goldliner 238 Times & Booking

At the Newry bus station take the Bus Éireann 160 towards Dundalk. Get off at Carrickarnon (outside the hotel)

George Best City Airport

Belfast City Airport (BHD), Northern Ireland

Belfast City Airport has a designated Airport Express 600 Service which buses passengers every 30 minutes during peak times from the front of the terminal building to Grand Central Station in the centre of Belfast. The journey only takes around 10 minutes. 

At Grand Central Station, Transfer to Bus Line 238 towards Newry Bus Centre   

At the Newry bus station take the Bus Éireann 160 towards Dundalk. Get off at Carrickarnon (outside the hotel)

The Bus Éireann 160 service ends at 6pm. If your bus from either Belfast or Dublin reaches Newry or Dundalk after this time, we have a shuttle service that will pick you up.