Our Rick Steves tour ends with dinner Sept 6. We want to leave Belfast early Sept 7 and try to see Bru na Boinne the same day—assuming we can get tickets to access the Newgrange chamber—and maybe the Knowth one.
1. Is there a way to purchase tickets to both chambers? This is not clear in the inline site.
2. Can we get a train from Belfast to Drogheda, and then a cab to Newgrange? If we do that, what can we do with our luggage?
3. The alternative is to take the train all the way to Dublin, leave our bags at the airport hotel, and then go back to Drogheda.
We fly out noon Sept 8.
Thanks for any advice. Sept 7 tickets go on sale tomorrow. Are very limited. Private tours are $600 per car plus entrance tickets.
We would go Aug 25 but it seems all tickets are sold out.
Posted by
Lincolnshire, UK
2288 posts
You want the Brú na Bóinne Tour + Newgrange Chamber tour. It looks as if the last tour is 14.30 and takes about 3 hours.
There doesn't seem to be any luggage storage at Drogheda (unless you can arrange for a hotel to look after bags for you.) There isn't any at Newgrange.
Belfast to Dublin takes just over 2 hours by train. Add on time to get to your airport Hotel and drop bags and then get back to Dublin Connolly station for the train to Drogheda. It's an hourly service and takes about an hour. Allow another 20 minutes for taxi to Newgrange ... That is beginning to sound like a rush and I'm not sure I'd want to do it.... You would need to be on the first train out of Belfast (I think this is about 6.50 am) and book on the last tour at Newgrange. A missed train between Dubblin and Drogheda could scupper your plans
Posted by
OP
Salida CO
42 posts
Yes, I’m afraid you are correct. So disappointed. All we need is luggage storage in Drogheda and we would be fine. I’ll try some hotels but it does not look good.
We just toured Peru. Same difficulty getting to see the Nazca lines (not included on our 3-week tour). Ended up with a private tour but even that probably won’t work with Newgrange.
Thanks for your details and links. I found pretty much the same.