Location

Discover the unspoilt beauty at the centre of Lough Oughter.  Thornton Cottages are located at Carratraw Bridge just ten minutes drive from Butlers Bridge.  Traveling from Cavan towards Belturbet take the 1st turn left past Butlers Bridge and follow the Thornton Cottages signs to Carratraw Bridge

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Cavan is located  on the main N3 Dublin - Donegal road and is a central point between Dublin, Belfast, Donegal, Galway and Sligo. The A3 and N3 major routes mean that Cavan is less than two hours from the ferry ports in Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Belfast, and the airports of Belfast and Dublin.

DISTANCE TO CAVAN TOWN
City/Town                        Kilometres
Dublin                                   112
Belfast                                  144
Athlone                                 80
Sligo                                     112

Visit the Journey Planner at Bus Eireann's website for details. If traveling from Belfast visit Translink.

Bus Eireann
Email: info@buseireann.ie
Web: www.buseireann.ie
Buyonline @ buseireann.ie

Car Hire:
C Cabs  Tel: 00353(0)876222120

Travel Information
Tourist Offices

Cavan Tourist Information Office
Farnham Street
Cavan
Tel: +353 (0)49 4331942
Open April – September

Ferries
The closest ports to Carratraw, Cavan are Dublin Port, Dun Laoghaire, Larne and Belfast all of which serve ports in Great Britain. The ferry service from France serves Rosslare and Cork in the South.

P&O Irish Sea: www.poirishsea.com
Stena Line: www.stenaline.ie
Irish Ferries: www.irishferries.com
Norse Merchant Ferries: www.norsemerchant.com
SeaCat : www.aferry.to/seacat-ferry.htm

Air
Ireland has five major international airports. They are located in Dublin, Shannon, Cork, Knock and Belfast. Our national airline is Aer Lingus which operates direct flights to the US, Britain and South Africa together with cities throughout Europe. The other major airline in Ireland is Ryanair.

Airports

Knock Airport
www.knockairport.com
Flights from London Stansted, Gatwick, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Dublin.

Dublin International Airport (115km to Cavan)
+353 (0) 1 8141111
www.dublin-airport.com
Flights to hundreds of destinations across the world.

Galway Airport (134 Km to Cavan)
Carnmore
Co Galway.
+353 (0) 91 755569
www.galwayairport.com
Flights from Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London City, London Luton, Manchester, Isle of Man, Malaga, Lorient, Paris, Dublin

Belfast International Airport (134Km to Cavan)
Tel: +44 (0) 28 9448 4848
www.belfastairport.com
Flights to UK, Europe and United States.

Belfast City Airport (142 Km to Cavan)
Tel:+44 (0) 28 9093 9093
www.belfastcityairport.com
Flights to the UK and Cork.

Bus Depots

Bus Eireann
Store Street
Dublin
Tel: +353 (0)1 8366111
www.buseireann.ie

Europa Bus Centre
Great Victoria Street
Belfast
Tel: +44 (0)28 906 66630
www.translink.co.uk

Thornton Cottages provide self catering holiday cottage accommodation in Cavan, near to Belturbet.