Getting to Enniscorthy: the Rosslare line, the route 2 bus and the M11

Enniscorthy sits on the Slaney about two hours south of Dublin by train and an hour and a half by car, and once you are here the town is small enough to walk. What catches people out is the timetable, so here is how each way in actually works, checked in November 2026.

The train from Connolly

Enniscorthy is a stop on the Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort line. On the Irish Rail timetable valid from 14 December 2025, the run from Connolly takes about two hours and seventeen minutes. It is not a frequent service: five trains a day in each direction on weekdays, and three on Saturdays and on Sundays. On a Saturday, for example, the southbound trains reach Enniscorthy at 10:12, 16:09 and 20:57, and the northbound ones leave at 08:01, 14:01 and 18:51. Look up the last train back before you plan an evening.

Leave from Connolly, not Heuston. If you are coming in on a train to Heuston from elsewhere in the country, Irish Rail's own timetable tells you to allow an hour to get across the city to Connolly by Luas or bus.

The journey is half the point. Enjoy Enniscorthy, the town's own visitor site, rates it among the most scenic rail journeys in Ireland, past Killiney Bay, over the Avoca viaduct and along the Slaney.

The station is in Templeshannon, on the east bank of the river. Walk down to the bridge and you are in the town; the castle is about 350 metres away and the castle itself says to allow eight minutes. The live departures board on our Getting Here page reads both directions from the station.

The bus

Bus Éireann's Expressway route 2 runs from Dublin Airport through the city and down the M11 by Arklow and Gorey to Enniscorthy, then on to O'Hanrahan Station in Wexford. Wexford Bus also runs between Wexford, Dublin city and the airport with a stop in Enniscorthy. Both publish their timetables on their own sites, and both change often enough that you should check the Enniscorthy stop before you travel rather than trust anything printed here. For villages around the county, TFI Local Link Wexford runs the rural routes.

Driving

The M11 from Dublin has an Enniscorthy exit. Enjoy Enniscorthy gives about 125 kilometres and an hour and a half from the city, and about an hour and three quarters from the airport. From Rosslare Europort it is 42 kilometres, about forty minutes. In town the castle has paid on-street parking only. The car parks at the foot of Vinegar Hill and at the 1798 Centre are free, and Abbey Quay has parking beside the Saturday market.

Coming off the ferry

Rosslare Europort is at the end of the same railway, with sailings to Britain, France and Spain. The train from the port takes about forty-five minutes to Enniscorthy, so a town on the Slaney can be your first night in Ireland rather than a place you drive past on the N11.

Getting around

You will not need a car in town. Most of what a visitor wants is on the west bank within a few minutes of Market Square: the castle, the cathedral, the restaurants on Weafer Street, Rafter Street and Barrack Street, and the Presentation Arts Centre on Convent Road. The east bank, Templeshannon, has the station, Treacy's Hotel and the Waterfront pool, and above it Vinegar Hill. The walk from the castle to the windmill at the top is about 2.3 kilometres each way over the Seamus Rafter Bridge. The 1798 Centre is about ten minutes south of the castle, and the Riverside Park Hotel is on the Promenade, downriver from Abbey Square.

The two places you will want a car or a taxi for are out of town. Monart, the destination spa, is at The Still about three kilometres west of the town, and the Village at Wheelocks, the strawberry farm, is about three and a half kilometres east, near the M11.