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 Bettystown Court Hotel |
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The 7th Irish Steel Guitar Festival on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2008, will be staged at a new venue -the Bettystown Court Hotel, Bettystown, Co. Meath, in the Drogheda area. Bettystown is situated on the coast approximately 3 miles east from The Europa Hotel, Drogheda, our venue for the past 6 years. The hotel has excellent facilities and offers the opportunity for those wishing to stay at the Festival venue. A special rate for accommodation has been negotiated with the Hotel and those wishing to book should mention that they are attending The Steel Guitar Festival in October. This year's special guests are Joe Wright (USA)and Al Brisco (Canada) and we hope to have a return visit from Jim Cohen (USA) again. They will be supported by leading performers from the UK, Ireland and Europe. A complete player-list has yet to be finalised, but will be posted on this site in the near future. A workshop with Joe Wright is planned for Monday 13th October - details still to be finalised. The facility for advance booking for the Festival will be available from 31st July, through the usual source, The Sound Shop in Drogheda. Telephone: 00353 41 9831078. Advance booking: €35 per day - €70 per weekend If are not on our regular mailing list, please e-mail your full postal address and telephone number so that a leaflet with more information can be sent to you in late July. e-mail to: Mauricejwilson@aol.com If you are flying into Dublin Airport you can take the no. 101 bus from the Atrium Road at the airport to Drogheda Bus Station. At Drogheda Bus Station take the 190 bus to Bettystown. Bettystown is a small village and you will be within walking distance of the hotel. Bus Eireann provides this service and their website is www.buseireann.ie The timetable for the Airport - Drogheda service is available here and For anyone coming from Dublin, the 101 bus leaves from Busaras, the Dublin bus station, located near the end of Talbot Street. Talbot Street is a right turn (with your back to the River Liffey) off O'Connell Street at "the Spike", the tall silver spike in the centre of the street (you can't miss it). If you type "busaras, Dublin" into Google Earth it will show you the location of the bus station. Bus Eireann also have an express service from Dublin Airport to Drogheda Bus Station. this is the number 100X bus, it runs once every hour (20 minutes past the hour from the airport) and it's timetable is here. There is a third option for those coming from Dublin, you can get a Matthew's Coach from Parnell Street direct to Bettystown. Parnell Street is at the top of O'Connell Street, turn right and about 100m on look for a newsagent shop "Lucky Duffy's". The coach departs from here. Ask to be let off at McDonough's Pub in Bettystown, you are about 200m from the hotel now. Matthews Coach website is here Driving to Bettystown Driving from the North or South on the M1 take the exit marked "Julianstown, Drogheda South". If you are approaching from the South take the right exit from the roundabout at the top of the slip road, drive over the motorway and continue on to Julianstown on the R132. If you are approaching from the North turn left at the top of the slip road and continue on the R132. This is the same road you would have taken for the Europa Hotel. As you exit Julianstown look for a sign pointing right for R150 Laytown. After about 4Km you will reach Laytown and the road bends to the left, you now have the sea on your right hand side. Keep on for another 1.5 - 2KM and you enter Bettystown. As you drive through the village watch for the "Bettystown Pharmacy" on the left hand side of the road. Shortly after this there is a turn to the left, just before a Chinese takeaway "Six Happiness". Take this left turn and go left again at the next T junction. The Bettystown Court Hotel is about 200m on the left hand side of the road. The GPS coordinates for the hotel in degrees, minutes and seconds are.............. If you are starting your journey from another location in Ireland and are not sure how to get to the M1, check this site. Enter your starting location and destination (in this case Bettystown) and it will plot the route for you. |
