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Ards Friary Contemplative Ecology Centre
Creeslough, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Retreat Centre Tel: 00353 (0)74 9138909
Email: info@ardsfriary.ie
Friary Phone No: 00353 (0)74 91 38005
Sat Nav Coordinates: Latitude 55.1569; Longitude -7.8648

Finding Ards Friary shouldn’t be too hard as once you get close it is well sign-posted.

Directions by Car: from Letterkenny 35 min

• Follow signs for Kilmacrenan / Creeslough / Dunfanaghy / Falcarragh for N56.
• Once through Creeslough you will pass the remains of the old railway
• After this you will see a sign Capuchin Friary 1/2km right
• Take the next right hand turn
• Follow this road, go over a small bridge on a left hand bend, to a T junction and turn right
• Follow this road to the very end

Car Parking: Please avail of the car park to the front of the Friary

Detailed Directions

Follow the links below to get detailed directions from various locations.

Directions to Ards Friary from Letterkenny
Directions to Ards Friary from Belfast International Airport
Directions to Ards Friary from Belfast City Airport
Directions to Ards Friary from Dublin Airport

Bus & Coaches

There are a number of regular services to the area.

• Drop Off Point for buses and coaches is Creeslough Car Park.
• This is the preferred collection point.
• Senior Citizens Free Travel Pass is honoured on all buses.

Creeslough, Dublin, Glasgow, Letterkenny

McGinleys Coach Service
Tel: +353 (0)74 913 5201
Web: www.johnmcginley.com for timetables

Creeslough, Sligo, Galway

Feda O’Donnell Coach Service
Tel: +353 (0)74 954 8114
Web: www.feda.ie for timetables

Creeslough, Letterkenny

Mangan Tours
Tel: +353 (0)74 912 8410
Web: www.mangantours.ie for timetables

Creeslough, Derry, Coleraine, Belfast

Gallagher Coach Service
Tel: +353 (0)74 953 1107
Mob: +353 (0)87 233 0888 / +353 (0)87 224 5848
Web: www.gallagherscoaches.com for timetables

Nationwide Bus Routes

Bus Eireann
Web: www.buseireann.ie

Local Taxis:

Horn Head Cabs: 086 886 1830

Creeslough to Ards

Eamonn’s Taxi: 085 787 0164
Rossa Cabs: 087 143 1845 / 086 379 3503

Derry – Ards Friary

Vincent Doherty
Tel: +44 (0)28 71 357852
Mobile: +44 (0) 780 342 1683