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Swinford

Swinford is a town in County Mayo, Ireland.

Swinford
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The place

Swinford is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is surrounded by a number of smaller villages, including Midfield and Meelick. It is just off the N5 road, 18 km (11 mi) from Ireland West Airport. Situated on a tributary of the River Moy, Swinford is known for its fishing waters, including the Callow lakes and the lakes of Conn and Cullin. Swinford was bypassed in 1993 by the N5 route and was the first town in Mayo to be bypassed.

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Getting to Swinford

Airports
Ireland West Knock (NOC), 9 km · Shannon (SNN), 138 km · Dublin (DUB), 186 km
  • Shannon → Swinford
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Dublin → Swinford
    190 km · quickest by road, 3h 28m · €21–29
  • Cork → Swinford
    229 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · €27–38
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Swinford

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Swinford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    104 km
  2. 02
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    301 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    305 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    312 km
  5. 05
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    333 km

If you know how people move in Swinford – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Swinford

  • Meelicktown in Connacht, Ireland5.1 km