Killarney Transportation

Getting There:

By Air: Killarney is serviced by 2 Airports: Cork and Kerry International Airports. Cork International Airport (ORK) (+353 21 4313131 http://www.cork-airport.com/) serves southwest Ireland. Airlines include:

Aer Arann: (+353 1 8141058/http://www.aerarann.ie) Aer Lingus: (+1 800 474 7424/0818 365000/http://www.aerlingus.com) Air Malta: (+1 800 397 400; http://www.airmalta.com) Air Wales: (+1800 654 193/http://www.airwales.co.uk) BMI: (+44 1332 854854/http://www.flybmi.com) bmi baby: (+353 1 242 0794; www.bmibaby.com) British Airways (+1 800 217 9297/http://www.britishairways.com Czech Air: (+353 0818 200 014) EasyJet: (+353 1890 923 922; http://www.easyjet.com/) Ryan Air: (+353 (0)1 249 7851/http://www.ryanair.com) Malev: (+353 01 8444303; http://www.malev.hu/bp/eng/index.asp) Kerry International Airport (KIR) (+353 (0) 66 9764644; http://www.kerryairport.ie/) is located in Kerry County, 15 min. away from Killarney. Airlines include: Aer Arann: (+353 1 8141058/http://www.aerarann.ie) Ryan Air (http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/) Slattery's Sun (+353 0845 300 4309 http://www.slatteryssun.com/) Stein Travel (+353 01 4086200 http://www.steintravel.ie/)

For those who prefer to travel through Dublin, The Dublin International Airport ( +353 1 8141111/ http://www.dublin-airport.com/ ) is Ireland's major airport. It consists of three terminals ( A, B, C ) each possessing ample shopping opportunities (including duty free), numerous restaurants, info booths, currency exchange centers, and ATMs. Abundant short term parking is located outside each terminal. Airlines include:

AdriaAirways ( +0044 207 7344630/ http://www.adriaairways.com ) Aerarann ( +1890 462 726/ http://www.aerarann.ie ) Aerlingus ( +01 886 8888/ http://www.aerlingus.com ) Air Baltic ( +01 844 5440/ http://www.airbaltic.com ) Air Canada ( +1800 709 900/ http://www.aircanada.ca ) Air France ( +1 800 237 2747/ http://www.airfrance.com ) Air Malta ( +1800 397 400/ http://www.airmalta.com ) Air Southwest ( +0044 870 241 8202/ http://www.airsouthwest.com ) Air Transat ( +0044 870 556 1522/ http://www.airtransat.com ) Air Wales ( +1800 654 193/ http://www.airwales.com ) Alitalia ( +01 677 5171/ http://www.alitalia.ie ) America Airlines ( +01 602 0550/ http://www.americaairlines.com ) Austrian Airlines ( +1800 509 142/ http://www.aua.com ) British Airways ( +1800 626 747/ http://www.ba.com ) British Midland ( +01 407 3036/ http://www.flybmi.com ) Cityjet ( +01 870 0300/ http://www.cityjet.com ) Continental Airlines ( +1890 925 252/ http://www.continentalairlines.com ) Czech Airlines ( +01 814 4626/ http://www.czechairlines.com ) Delta ( +1 800 221 1212 / http://www.delta-air.com ) Estorian Air ( +01 844 4907/ http://www.estorian-air.com ) Eu Jet ( +0818 313131/ http://www.eujet.com ) Euro Manx ( +044 8707 877879/ http://www.euromanx.com ) Fin Air ( +1 844 6565/ http://www.finair.com ) Flybe ( +1890 925 532/ http://www.flybe.com ) Flynordic ( +0046 8528 06 820/ http://www.flynordic.com ) German Wings ( +01 865 0125/ http://www.germanwings.com ) Hapag Lloyd Express ( +0818 210018/ http://www.hlx.com/eg ) Helios Airways ( +01 474 0690/ http://www.heliosairways.com ) Iberia ( +01 407 3017/ http://www.iberia.com ) Lithuanian Airlines ( +01 844 4168/ http://www.la.lt/eg ) Loganair ( +1800 626 747/ http://www.loganair.co.uk ) Lot Polish Airlines ( +1890 200 514/ http://www.lot.com ) Lufthansa ( +01 844 5544/ http://www.lufthansa.com ) Luxair ( +0044 8003 899443/ http://www.luxair.lu ) Malev Airlines ( +01 844 4303/ http://www.malev.hu ) Ryanair ( +01 609 7800/ http://www.ryanair.com ) San Braathens ( +01 844 5440 ) SAS ( +1 800 221 2350/ http://www.scandinavian.net ) Spanair ( +0034 902 131415/ http://www.spanair.com/en ) Swiss Airlines ( +1890 200 515/ http://www.swiss.com ) Thompsonfly ( +01 247 7723/ http://www.thompsonfly.com ) Transavia Airlines ( +01 242 1047/ http://www.transavia.com ) U.S. Airways ( +1 800 428 4322/ http://www.usairways.com )

Rental Car Companies: Avis (+353 064 35544 http://www.avis.ie) Budget Car Rental Ireland (+353 064 34341 http://www.budget.ie) Dan Dooley (+353 062 53103 http://www.dooleycarrentals.com) Europcar (+353 064 30177 http://www.europcar.com) Hertz (+353 064 34126 http://www.hertz@kerry.ie) National (+353 021 4320755 http://www.carhire.ie) Randles / Irish Car Rentals.com (+353 086 1700650; http://www.irishcarrentals.com)

By Bus: Bus Eireann (+353 (0)1 8366111/http://www.buseireann.ie) Eurolines (+353 (0)1 836 6111/http://www.eurolines.ie)

By Rail: Irish Rail: (+353 1 836 6222; http://www.irishrail.ie/home/)

By Sea: Irish Ferries: (+353 (0)1 638 3333/http://www.irishferries.com) P&O Irish Ferries: (+1800 409 049/http://www.poirishsea.com) Stena Line: (+353 (0)1 204 7777/http://www7.stenaline.ie) Swansea Cork Ferries: (http://www.swansea-cork.ie) Brittany Ferries: (http://www.brittany-ferries.fr)

Getting Around:

By Rail: Irish Rail (+353 (0)1 836 6222/http://www.irishrail.ie) handles InterCity, City Gold and Executive Train, high-speed rail services that provide transportation to Cork as well as Dublin, Belfast, Sligo, Ballina, Westport, Galway, Limerick, Ennis, Tralee, Waterford and Rosslare Europort.

By Bus: Bus Eirann (http://www.buseireann.ie/site/home/) provides a nationwide expressway service, provincial service, city service and airport service. Coach hire service is offered as well as summer day tours. Butler's Bus and Coach Hire (+ 353 21 4811660; http://www.butlers-buses.com/) provides private tour service to any destination in Ireland. Cremin Coaches (+353 86 2385611; http://www.cremincoaches.com/) offers coach and mini-bus hire services. Cronins Coaches (+353 021 4309090; http://www.croninscoaches.com/) provides luxury and executive coach services. Galvins Coaches Dunmanway Ltd. (+353 23 45125) George Plant Transport Services (http:// homepage.tinet.ie/~gplant) Goddess of Ireland Travel Ltd. (http://www.goddessofireland.com) offers tours of Ireland's sacred sites.

By Taxi/Hackney: Glengarriff Cabs & Coach Hire (http://www.bearainfo.com) Padraig Sexton Hackney Service (+353 064 35639) O Callaghan Cabs (+353 064 37555) Kennedy Bus Hire & Taxi Service (http://www.valentiai.com) Killarney Taxi Cabs (http://www.kerry-insight.com/ktt) Killarney Taxi Rank ( +353 064 31331) Dwyer Dan Taxi Service (+353 064 33485)

By Limousine: O Callaghan And Sons Coach Tour And Hire Limousine And Cabs (+353 064 31095)

By Boat/Ferry: Gap of Dunloe Tours (http://www.gapofdunloetours.com) offer open boat and jaunting tours of the Lakes of Killarney. Ballinskelligs Watersports (http://www.skelligsboats.com) Blasket Island Ferry (http://www.blasketisland.com) Blue Pool Ferry (http://www.bluepoolferry.com) Casey's Skellig Boat Trips (http:/ www.skelligislands.com) Dan & Donal McCrohan Boat Operators (+353 66 9476142)

By Helicopter: Gaelic Helicopters (http://www.gaelichelicopters.com) Kerry Helicopters (http://www.kerryhelicopters.com)

By Bike: Bike Rental (+353 66 9151606) Quinlan's Rothar Cycles (http://www.rotharcycletours.com)

Planning a Trip

Getting There

Aer Arann (tel. 011/353-81821-0210 in the U.S., 818/210-210 in Ireland, or 0800/587-23-24 in the U.K.; www.aerarann.ie) offers regular flights from Dublin into Kerry County Airport, Farranfore, County Kerry (tel. 066/976-4644; www.kerryairport.ie), about 16km (10 miles) north of Killarney. Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) flies direct from London (Stansted) to Kerry.

Irish Rail trains from Dublin, Limerick, Cork, and Galway arrive daily at the Killarney Railway Station (tel. 064/663-1067; www.irishrail.ie), Railway Road, off East Avenue Road.

Bus Éireann operates regularly scheduled service into Killarney from all parts of Ireland. The bus depot (tel. 064/663-0011; www.buseireann.ie) is adjacent to the train station at Railway Road, off East Avenue Road.

Kerry folk like to say that all roads lead to Killarney, and at least a half-dozen major national roads do. They include N21 and N23 from Limerick, N22 from Tralee, N22 from Cork, N72 from Mallow, and N70 from the Ring of Kerry and West Cork.

Visitor Information

The Killarney Tourist Office, Aras Fáilte, is at the town center on Beech Road (tel. 064/663-1633). It's open October to May Monday to Saturday 9:15am to 5:15pm, June and September daily 9am to 6pm, and July to August daily 9am to 8pm. During low season, the office occasionally closes for lunch from 1 to 2pm. It offers many helpful booklets, including the Tourist Trail walking-tour guide and the Killarney Area Guide, with maps.

Useful local publications include Where: Killarney, a quarterly magazine distributed free at hotels and guesthouses. It is packed with current information on tours, activities, events, and entertainment.

Town Layout

Killarney is small, with a full-time population of approximately 7,000. The town is built around one central thoroughfare, Main Street, which, mercurially, changes its name to High Street at midpoint. The principal offshoots of Main Street are Plunkett Street, which becomes College Street, and New Street. The Deenagh River edges the western side of town and East Avenue Road edges the eastern side.

The busiest section of town is at the southern tip of Main Street, where it meets East Avenue Road. Here the road curves and heads southward out to the Muckross road and the entrance to Killarney National Park.

Getting Around

Killarney Town is so small and compact that there is no local bus service; the best way to get around is on foot. For a quick and easy tour, follow the signposted Tourist Trail for the highlights of the main streets. It takes less than 2 hours to complete. A booklet outlining the sights along the trail is available at the tourist office.

Taxi cabs line up at the rank on College Square (tel. 064/663-1331). You can also phone for a taxi from Killarney Cabs (tel. 064/663-7444), Dave's Taxis (tel. 087/679-8899), or Euro Taxis (tel. 064/663-5624).

There are a couple of large public parking lots near the town center, where parking costs upward of €1 per hour. It's a good idea to leave your car in one of these unless you're heading out to Killarney National Park on the Muckross and Kenmare road (N71).

If you need to rent a car in Killarney, contact Budget, c/o International Hotel, Kenmare Place (tel. 064/34341) and at Kerry Airport (tel. 064/34341; www.budget.ie), or Randles Bros., Muckross road (tel. 064/31237). Alternatively, Avis also has a branch at Kerry Airport (tel. 066/976-4499; www.avis.ie) and Hertz has branches at Cork Airport (tel. 021/496-5849) and Shannon Airport (tel. 061/471-369; www.hertz.ie).

Horse-drawn buggies, called "jarveys," line up at Kenmare Place in Killarney Town. They offer rides to Killarney National Park sites and other scenic areas. Depending on the time and distance, prices range from around €15 to upward of €50 per ride (up to four people), depending on how far you go.

Fast Facts

If you need a drugstore, try O'Sullivans Pharmacy, 81 New St. (tel. 064/663-5886), or Donal Sheahan, 34 Main St. (tel. 064/663-1113).

In an emergency, dial tel. 999. The Killarney District Hospital is on St. Margaret's Road (tel. 064/663-1076). The Killarney Garda (Police) Station is on New Road (tel. 064/71160).

The Killarney Public Library, on Rock Road (tel. 064/32655), provides Internet access from its bank of computers.

If you need to do your laundry, head for the Gleesons Launderette, Brewery Lane, off College Square (tel. 064/663-3877).

The Killarney Post Office, New Street (tel. 064/663-1461), is open Monday and Wednesday to Friday 9am to 5:30pm, Tuesday 9:30am to 5:30pm, and Saturday 9am to 1pm.

Phone Numbers -- The area code for Killarney changed in 2009 and businesses were being allocated new numbers. We've noted all the new numbers in effect as we went to press, but the transition wasn't complete, so some of the numbers in this guide may have changed by the time you read this.