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Dublin Airport Or Dublin City To Ballina County Mayo Private Luxury Car Transfer
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Your professional chauffeur will be waiting in the arrivals hall at Dublin Airport when you land, ready to take your bags and drive you west to Ballina in County Mayo. It’s a three-hour journey, and you’ll do it comfortably - private vehicle, on-board WiFi, bottled water, and no fees or taxes to sort out on arrival.
Need the journey in reverse? Book the same service for your travel-back date and let the operator know your pick-up location and drop-off details when you do.
Ballina is a market town on the River Moy in north Mayo, about three hours from Dublin Airport on the N5 and N26. The route takes you west across the midlands before the road climbs into Roscommon and eventually into Mayo - the landscape gets gradually wilder and the sky gets bigger the further west you go. It’s a drive that earns its destination.
The Moy is one of Ireland’s most famous salmon rivers, and Ballina is right at the centre of that fishing culture. The Ridge Pool in the middle of town is one of the most recognised salmon pools in Europe, and from late spring through summer you’ll often see anglers working it from the bank. If salmon fishing is part of the reason you’re coming, there’s good infrastructure in the area - the local tackle shops know the river well and can sort permits and guides.
The town itself is a working Mayo town with a good main street, a couple of decent pubs, and a genuine local feel that the more touristed parts of the west can lack. Cathedral Road has some of the better places to eat. The nearby Belleek Woods - a riverside woodland walk that starts practically in the town centre - is the kind of place you can walk off a long flight without getting into the car again.
The north Mayo coast is within easy reach from Ballina. Killala Bay is about 15 minutes north, and Lacken Beach is a wide, usually quiet strand that faces the Atlantic. The Ceide Fields - the oldest known field system in the world, preserved under the bog on the north Mayo coast - are about 40 minutes west. It’s an unusual place to visit, partly because of the sheer age of what’s there and partly because the visitor centre does a good job of explaining why you should care about a field system.