Planning a trip to County Kildare

Getting There

Irish Rail (tel. 01/836-6222; www.irishrail.ie) provides daily train service to Kildare.

Bus Éireann (tel. 01/836-6111; www.buseireann.ie) operates daily express bus service to Kildare from Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland.

By car, take the main Dublin-Limerick road (N7) west of Dublin from Kildare, or the main Dublin-Galway road (N4) to Celbridge, turning off on local road R403.

Visitor Information

Contact the Wicklow Tourist Office, Fitzwilliam Square, Wicklow Town (tel. 0404/69117). It's open year-round Monday to Friday, and Saturday during peak season. You can get general tourist information in the Kildare Heritage Centre, Market Square, Kildare Town, County Kildare (tel. 045/530672).