From the Airport

By taxi

15/20 minute journey

By car

approx 10 mins. Follow the M1, direction city centre, and turn right at Whitehall Church into Collins Avenue. DCU is 500 metres on the left handside.

By bus:

16A

Dublin Airport, Santry, Beaumont, Drumcondra, City Centre (O'Connell Street), Terenure, Rathfarnham

Ask the bus driver to let you out at Whitehall, and then walk 10 mins along Collins Avenue to DCU. Click on the route number for a bus timetable.

41/41A/41B/41C

Dublin Airport, Santry, Whitehall, City Centre (Eden Quay)

Ask the bus driver to let you out at Whitehall, and then walk 10 mins along Collins Avenue to DCU. Click on the route number for a bus timetable.

46X

Dublin Airport, DCU (Ballymun Road), City Centre (Westmoreland Street, St Stephen's Green), Dunlaoghaire.

This is an Expresso service that runs once a day. The bus leaves Dun Laoghaire at 7.30am each morning and reaches DCU (Ballymun Road) at approx 8.30am. The end destination is the airport. Click on the route number for a bus timetable.

58X

Dublin Airport, DCU (Ballymun Road), City Centre (O'Connell Street, D'Olier Street, Kildare St), Leeson St, Donnybrook, Stillorgan, Foxrock, Shankill

This is an Expresso service that runs once a day. The bus leaves the airport at 17.10 and stops at DCU (Ballymun Road) at approx 17.30. It also stops at the City Centre (O'Connell St, D'Olier St, Kildare St) and its end destination is Shankill.

The bus provides a service to the airport, leaving Shankill at 7.30am and arriving at DCU at approx 8.30am. Click on the route number for a bus timetable.

746

Dublin Airport, Swords, Whitehall, City Centre (O'Connell Street), Donnybrook, Mount Merrion, Dun Laoghaire

This is an hourly service from the airport to Dunlaoghaire (and vice versa) and stops at Whitehall. Ask the bus driver to let you out at Whitehall, and then walk 10 mins along Collins Avenue to DCU. Click on the route number for a bus timetable.

From Dublin City Centre:

By Shuttle:

By car

Follow the airport road which takes you through Drumcondra and turn left at the Whitehall/Collins Avenue junction. DCU is 500 metres on the left.

It is also possible to drive through Phibsborough towards Glasnevin, turning into the Ballymun Road. DCU is on the right handside of the dual carriageway, but you will need to drive further on to the Collins Avenue/Ballymun Road junction and turn right in order to avail of the multistory carpark (DCU is 500 metres on the right).

By bus

The main bus routes serving the campus are indicated on the map:

 These bus routes pass through the city centre at the following locations (N = Northbound, S = Southbound):

Click on the marker to reveal the bus route number. More comprehensive route information is available from here .

Bus timetables for all Dublin Bus routes servicing the campus are available online, while Bus Eireann also offers timetable information on their website.

DCU is serviced by the following routes: 103, 105, 11, 116, 11A, 11B, 13, 13A, 19A, 46X, 58X, 77B:

1. Number 103 departs from Clontarf DART Station and the Omni Shopping Centre.
2. Number 105 operates from Malahide, Portmarnock and Baldoyle and leaves DCU at 15.40 and 17.20 during term time.
3. Numbers 11 and 11A service the city centre and Kilmacud from Wadelai Park and stops in O'Connell Street. The 11B also services the city centre and Belfield from Wadelai Park.
4. The 13 and 13A services the city centre and Merrion Square from Poppintree.
5. The 19A services the city centre and as far as Limekiln Avenue from Jamestown Road.
6. Number 116 services DCU to Ballinteer and Clonskea.
7. Numbers 46X and 58X (zone 2) run from Leeson Street Lower to Dublin Airport.
8. Number 77X runs from Jobstown to DCU, however there is no departure from DCU.
9. Number 116 runs only from Bird Avenue to DCU but not in reverse.