As the festive season approaches, all of us at JJ Kavanagh & Sons would like to wish you a joyous and peaceful Christmas period! There’s no place like home for Christmas, and we are here make your journey as comfortable and seamless as possible. From the Dublin airport to Carlow, Waterford, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick and everywhere in between we’re honoured to play a part in bringing you closer to home and those you love this Christmas!
As this is our busiest time of the year, we kindly remind you to pre-book all your journeys, especially on our main and airport routes. Pre-booking ensures a guaranteed seat on our services – so your travel plans are secure, allowing you to relax and enjoy the holiday spirit. Our Christmas schedule below is designed with your travel needs in mind. All our main routes operate as normal on every day except Christmas day when there are no services running – rest assured we’re back up and running the very next day with a normal schedule of services!
Stay cozy, stay safe, and let us take care of getting you home for the holidays.
Warm regards,
The JJ Kavanagh & Sons Team
Christmas Schedules
Main Routes & Airport Routes
- Christmas Eve – Operates As Per Normal Schedule
- Christmas Day – No services operating on Christmas Day.
- St. Stephen’s Day – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
- New Year’s Eve – Operates as per normal schedule
- New Year’s Day – Operates as per normal schedule
Services affected
- 717 Clonmel – Dublin City/ Dublin Airport
- 736 Waterford – Dublin City/ Dublin Airport
- 735 Limerick – Dublin City/ Dublin Airport
Daily College Routes
Carlow SETU Campus
- Friday 15th Dec 2023 – services finish at 17.00hrs
- Monday 15th Jan 2024 – Services resume as per normal schedule
Services affected
- ITC4 Mountmellick – Portarlington – Carlow
- 825 Abbeyleix – Portlaoise – Carlow
- 736a Naas – Carlow
- IW0 Newbridge- Carlow
Maynooth University Routes
- Friday 22nd Dec – All buses serving Maynooth University finish at 17.15hrs
- Friday 12-27th Jan (including Saturdays) – Services start back with Exam Schedule
- Tuesday 6th Feb 2024 – All services fully resume for semester two
Services affected
- Athy – Maynooth University
- Portlaoise – Maynooth University
- Carlow – Maynooth University
Local Routes
874 Hacketstown – Carlow
- Friday 22nd Dec – Service finishes at 17.05hrs
- 23rd, 24th, 25th 26th or 27 Dec – No services operating
- 28th and 29th Dec – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
- From 2nd Jan 2024 – Service recommences as normal
Urlingford – Kilkenny service
- 23rd December – Service finishes at 17.30hrs
- 24th, 25th 26th, 27th December – No services operating
- 28th December – Service recommences as per normal schedule
Waterford City Services
- Christmas Eve – Services operates a “Sunday” service schedule. The last service from Clock Tower to Ballygunner will be at 17.45 hrs.
- Christmas Day – No services operating on Christmas Day
- St. Stephen’s Day – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule
- New Year’s Eve – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule
- New Year’s Day – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule
- Other 27th, 28th & 30th Dec 2023 – Operates on a “Saturday” Service Schedule
139 Naas – Blanchardstown Service
- Christmas Eve – Operates as per normal weekday schedule
- Christmas Day – No services operating on Christmas Day.
- St. Stephen’s Day – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
- New Year’s Eve – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
- New Year’s Day – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
183 Arklow – Sallins Service
- Christmas Eve – Operates as per normal weekday schedule
- Christmas Day – No services operating on Christmas Day.
- St. Stephen’s Day – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
- New Year’s Eve – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
- New Year’s Day – Operates as per normal weekday schedule.
363 & 367a Tallow – Dungarvan
- Christmas Eve – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule
- Christmas Day – No services operating
- St. Stephen’s Day – No services operating
- New Year’s Eve – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule
- New Year’s Day – No services operating
- Other – All other days will be operating on a normal service.
828 & 858 Cashel – Thurles – Urlingford – Portlaoise
- Christmas Eve – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule with the exception of the following services which will not be running:
– 20:30 Portlaoise to Urlingford
– 21:35 Urlingford to Portlaoise - Christmas Day – No services operating
- St. Stephen’s Day – No services operating
- New Year’s Eve – Operates “Sunday” Service Schedule with the exception of the following services which will not be running:
– 20:30 Portlaoise to Urlingford
– 21:35 Urlingford to Portlaoise - New Year’s Day – No services operating
- Other – All other days will be operating on a normal service.
