JJ Kavanagh & Sons takes the hassle out of travelling back to college!
The first week of college can be very stressful. You have to learn a whole new campus, get along with people you’ve only known for about two seconds and then pretend like you know what the hell you’re doing as you waddle into your first college class ever. But through all the madness, we can make one thing easier, your transport!
Daily College Routes
Maynooth University
We’ve three bus routes serving Maynooth University daily from Kilkenny, Carlow, Portlaoise, Kilcullen, Naas, Sallins and Clane. Prices for student weekly’s start from as little as €30.
Orientation week 12th – 16th September we will be running a skeleton service as follows:
➜ Portlaoise – Maynooth University at 07.00hrs
➜ Kilkenny – Carlow – Maynooth University at 07.00hrs
➜ Athy – Maynooth University at 07.20hrs
Returning bus at 17.15hrs from the Callan Building each evening during orientation week.
Semester 1 starts 19th September and all services will be running as normal see timetables below:
⚡️NEW SERVICE ⚡️Kilkenny – Carlow – Maynooth University
Athy- Maynooth University
Portlaoise – Maynooth University
Carlow IT
Our national 736 Dublin – Waterford services stops at the Carlow IT bus stop daily (during college term). We’ve also a number of local buses running Monday – Friday from the outskirts of Carlow, Laois and Kildare. Prices for student weekly’s start from as little as €40.
All services will start from 5th September:
Naas – Carlow
Monasterevin – Newbridge – Carlow
Mountmellick – Portarlington – Carlow
Portlaoise – Carlow
DCU College
JJ Kavanagh & Sons has a daily bus starting from Newbridge at 07.15hrs and returning at 14.00hrs and 17.00hrs from DCU & St Patrick’s College.
Semester 1 starts 19th September and all services will be running as normal see timetables below:
Newbridge – Naas – DCU – St Patrick’s College
University of Limerick
JJ Kavanagh & Sons runs eight services to UL daily from Dublin, Portlaoise, Kildare, Roscrea, Toomevara and Nenagh stopping right in the University of Limerick campus, close to “The Stables’. Prices for student weekly’s start from as little as €40.
Dublin – Portlaoise – Kildare – Roscrea – Toomevara – Nenagh – UL
Waterford Institute of Technology
JJ Kavanagh & Sons stops right outside the main WIT bus stop eleven times daily from Dublin and Carlow. Prices for student weekly’s start from as little as €45.
Dublin – Carlow – WIT
Weekend College Services
All weekend services will start from Friday 9th September.
NUI Galway & University of Limerick
JJ Kavanagh & Sons weekend college services operate on Sunday evenings and Friday evenings throughout the college term. Prices for student singles start from as little as €10.
Carlow – Kilkenny – Thurles – Nenagh – Galway
Carlow – Kilkenny – Thurles – Nenagh – Limerick
Waterford – Limerick – Galway
You can also get travel updates on Facebook , follow us on Twitter @JJKavanaghBuses or call our customer service line on (0818 333 222), lines open from 09:00 – 19:00hrs (7 days a week).
