Drumcondra Buses | August 2025

A video showing buses in Drumcondra (north inner-city Dublin), recorded in August 2025.

Drumcondra is located just north of Dublin's inner-city. It is bounded to the south by the Royal Canal, to the west by Glasnevin [   • Glasnevin Buses | October 2024  ], to the north by Griffith Avenue, and to the east by Marino [   • Marino Buses | January 2024  ]. It is located on the main road heading north out of the city towards Dublin Airport, Swords and eventually Belfast. As a result it is one of the main corridors in the city for a variety of bus services.

Dublin Bus is the main operator in the area, providing the city services. The southern edge of Drumcondra, along Whitowrth Road, is served by routes 40 and 40D which operate to Finglas and beyond to parts of north-west Dublin. This is due to become the route of the F-Spine under Bus Connects later this year. Just south of Drumcondra Station, these routes join the Drumcondra Road which is served by the rest of the bus routes. Four routes along here serve Swords (33, 41, 41B and 41C) with the 33 continuing on to Skerries and Balbriggan. Routes 16 and 19 serve Dublin Airport, as does route 41. Route 1 [   • Route 1 | Dublin Bus | August 2025  ] is a short route that only runs between Santry and the city centre, while the 44 is a cross-city route that reaches as far south as Enniskerry.

Aircoach [   • Aircoach | Ireland | 2024  ] use Drumcondra as the routing for its main routes from the Airport to the city centre. For regional routes to Balbriggan, Drogheda and Dundalk it is used by Bus Eireann and Matthews. Both Aircoach and Matthews are owned by First Bus. Bus Eireann long-distance routes also pass through Drumcondra, as do the services of Wexford Bus.

All-in-all, Drumcondra is a very busy part of Dublin for bus services.

Dublin Bus Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 1: Shanard Road - Shaw Street
Route 16: Dublin Airport - Ballinteer
Route 19: Dublin Airport - Merrion Square
Route 33: Balbriggan - Lower Abbey Street
Route 33: Skerries - Lower Abbey Street
Route 40: Charlestown - Earlsfort Terrace
Route 40D: Parnell Street - Tyrrelstown
Route 41: Swords Manor - Dublin Airport - Lower Abbey Street
Route 41B: Lower Abbey Street - Swords - Rolestown
Route 41C: Swords Manor - River Valley - Lower Abbey Street
Route 44: Dublin City University (DCU) - Enniskerry

ALX 400 / AV Class: AV 42
ALX 400 / AX Class: AX 582, AX 598, AX 633, AX 646, AX 648
Enviro 400 / EV Class: EV 30, EV 44, EV 45, EV 46, EV 48
Wrights Electroliner / EW Class: EW 2, EW 10, EW 13, EW 25, EW 28, EW 34, EW 37, EW 50
Wrights Gemini / GT Class: GT 33, GT 51, GT 54, GT 55, GT 56, GT 92, GT 136, GT 140, GT 142
Enviro 400ER / PA Class: PA 65, PA 67
Wrights Gemini 3 / SG Class: SG 9, SG 55, SG 85, SG 101, SG 129, SG 130, SG 154, SG 186, SG 190, SG 193, SG 224, SG 385, SG 407, SG 497, SG 582, SG 609, SG 610, SG 611, SG 612, SG 618
Wrights Gemini / VG Class: VG 8, VG 9

Bus Eireann Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 2: Dublin Airport - Wexford
Route 32: Letterkenny - Dublin
Route 101: Drogheda - Dublin

VDL Futura FDD2 / LF Class: LF 802, LF 808, LF 816
VDL Futura FHD2 / LX Class: LX 7
Scania Irizar i6 / SE Class: SE 1
Scania Irizar / SP Class: SP 103
Volvo Sunsudegui / VB Class: VB 501, VB 512
Wrights Gemini / VWD Class: VWD 77

Aircoach Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 700: Dublin Airport - Leopardstown
Route 700X: Dublin Airport - Dublin City Centre

Plaxton Panther: 20915, 20924, 20930, 20944, 20946

Matthews Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 900: Dundalk - Dublin
Route 901: Dundalk - Dublin
Route 910: Dublin - Bettystown - Grange Rath

11 MN 2701, 132 MN 1114, 171 D 27549, 171 MN 585, 181 MN 826, 171 MN 881, 181 D 26605, 191 MN 733

*Other Operator Routes and Buses Featured:
Route 740A: Dublin Airport - Wexford / Wexford Bus / 161 D 7782
Route 932: Annagry - Dublin / John McGinley / 241 DL 1834

Nolan Coaches / 251 D 15679

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