My husband and I are interested in going on the newGrange tour from Dublin on our free day before our Rick Steves tour begins. However, we are finding that the tours we’ve looked into don’t get back until 530 and we need to be back for the 5 o’clock meeting to start our tour. Does anyone know of any Newgrange tour that gets back to Dublin before 5 o’clock?
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Can you fly in a day earlier?
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Washington, DC USA
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If you search in google for "half day newgrange tours," you will find some that leave early in the morning and return in the early afternoon. I did the excellent Mary Gibbons tour but that is a full day.
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Massachusetts
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Because we booked our Ireland trip shortly before going, there were no spots available with the Mary Gibbons tour to Newgrange. We looked on the Newgrange site and saw that there were only four tickets left for the days we could go. We purchased the tickets and then found a private driver that would take us. We really didn't want to drive ourselves. It was pricier than Mary Gibbons, but was the only option left for us. A private driver will accommodate your schedule. They basically created a tour for us around our ticket time and other places we had an interest in.
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Florida
509 posts
We greatly enjoyed the Mary Gibbons tour. Website says Sat/Sunday tours return to Dublin at 3:15.
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I ran into the same trouble and she is booked up for all the days I will be ahead of the RS tour. Other similar companies are full too. When are you going? Maybe other people on the RS tour that are coming in a early might be interested in it and you all do a private tour.
@Holly what was the name of the private driver and cost? We might have to to look into doing that as well.
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In 2019 I used Beautiful Meath (County Meath is where Newgrange is located) to take us to Glendalough, Powerscourt and Avoca. The company is now called Custom Irish Tours. The owner, Derek, is the same. Here's the website: https://www.customirishtours.com/. Derek had been recommended to me by Lisa Tully, who is or was a RS guide.
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I posted in a response to someone else that you can do it on your own. You can take the train to drogheda from Dublin and then get a taxi to the bru na boinne visitor center.
I had a 10:45 reservation and was back in Dublin by about 2: 45.
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@annemargaret thank you for the information. For clarification. This would be the route a map link https://goo.gl/maps/SBAepiDQwHRvYAUZ6 From Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre website you buy tickets and would get a tour. The leap card is not included in this correct. How do I purchase transportation for the commuter service.
Thank you!
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Lincolnshire, UK
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You have to book tickets and they can only be booked 30 days before. You can't just turn up on the day without a ticket.
https://heritageireland.ie/visit/places-to-visit/bru-na-boinne-visitor-centre-newgrange-and-knowth/