Local Amenities.

TRAVEL 

BY BUS/CAR/MOTOR CYCLE/FERRY or BICYCLE etc :

See details of the Wild Atlantic Way below.

See   Malin Head site:youtube.com – Google Search

If travelling by KAYAK (by sea) see info at bottom of page….

• GPS

See Sandrock Holiday Hostel on GPS : N 55 degrees 21 mins 42.4 secs/ W 007 degrees 21 mins 30.4secs.

• BY CAR and CYCLE:

To find a car route to Malin Head  – see GOOGLE -Maps  or see various maps available in all garages, supermarkets etc or look us up on the GPS info above or look up www.theaaireland.ie route maps and type in from where ever you are leaving and then your destination ‘Malin Head’   Follow the road R242 and when you arrive in Malin Head follow the roadsigns  ‘Sandrock Holiday Hostel’ from the Crossroads Inn location onto the L1011 road..

From CARNdonagh you can simply follow the Wild Atlantic Way (N) sign.   It is a blue WAW (N) sign to Malin Head and turn off at the ‘Sandrock Holiday Hostel’

• BY BUS

Local Buses  ROUTE 954 available to Hostel  from Carndonagh (Carn).

From DERRY  the easiest way by public transport is catch the Local Link Route 952 connection to Carndonagh at Patrick Street, Derry which is opposite the cinema. Not the bus station

** Then in Carndonagh catch the Local Link Route 954 to Malin Head and ask for Sandrock Holiday Hostel. They will bring you to the top of the road near the hostel. They will also pick up near the Hostel at any dayto connect with other buses in Carndonagh to Derry and Letterkenny.  .

Timetables see   www.locallinkdonegal.ie  Route 954 mentioned above is shown on this site

The TFI local Link  ROUTE 952 operate and leave Derry for Carndonagh  7 times a day from Patrick Street, Derry (Opposite the Cinema) and Not the Bus Station.

Route 959 which is a new route from Letterkenny to Buncrana to Carndonagh  and runs 6 days a week.   See timetables: www.locallinkdonegal.ie

One of these buses has a good connection to Malin Head.  See below:

If you are travelling from Letterkenny there is a Rural Bus Service Route 959 ( Bus  – Telephone 074 9362480)  departing Charlie’s Cafe, Pearse Road & Tinneys Oil Co., Station Road Roundabout which arrives in Carndonagh  and links with the local link bus to Malin Head.

See timetables above above.

If you miss yur connections you will have to hitch/ hire a cycle in Carndonagh or get a taxi to/from the hostel to/from Carndonagh.

Long Distance Services:
Your main objective is to get to Carndonagh (Known locally as CARN) on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal. If coming direct to Sandrock Holiday Hostel from Belfast, Dublin* or Galway get the DERRY bus’.

Other Information.

If travelling from DublinAirport/Belfast City Airport/ Belfast international Airport to DERRY See AIRCOACH …Book online at www.aircoach.ie

The hostel from Carndonagh is 17kms.

There are other regular bus services to and from Derry to Belfast, Galway and Dublin every day. The regular bus service direct fromDublin/ Belfast City and the International Airports to Derry. It is called ‘Aircoach’ see above.

Bus Eireann [Irish National Bus Company]

Dublin / Dublin Airport /Galway to Derry [Derry is much nearer to Malin Head, Inishowen than Letterkenny]
www.buseireann.ie

John McGinley Licenced Private Bus Service

Daily to and from Dublin via Dublin Airport and Carndonagh (CARN) Inishowen. This bus leaves from Parnell Square Dublin –  Monday to Saturday at 9-30am (Dublin Airport at 9-45am) and 5-45pm (Dublin Airport at 6pm) . There is an extra service on Fridays at 3-30pm.  On Sundays at 12-30pm and  8-30pm. Tickets are purchased on board the bus. To make reservations telephone 00353 74 91 35201 from abroad or 074 91 35201 from within Ireland or

www.johnmcginley.com for timetables.

FERRIES:

• The Scenic Lough Foyle Ferry 2024
• Check with GOOGLE
• Foyle Ferry – Greencastle to and from Magilligan Northern Ireland( ROUTE TO AND FROM GIANTS CAUSEWAY)
• Commences daily  from  May to September each year

Linking the Wild Atlantic Way with the Causeway Coast.

Full details check out latest sailing times on our website www. loughfoyleferry.com

Tel: +353 74 93811901

We cant wait to welcome our customers on board 

#summerishere#wildaltanticway#causewaycoastalroute#staycation#daytripsnces see Sandrock Holiday Hostel on www.hostelworld.com www.tripadvisor.com and see guests comments..