Accommodation & Travel
Summer University is planned to be at IT Sligo, Ireland, August 8-19 2022!
Accommodation:
Welcome to Sligo and the summer university!
We have booked student accommodation for you from Sunday 7th August to Friday 19th August 2022. This is shared accommodation with 2 and 3 bedroom student appartments.
We use our local student accommodation, Yeats Village;
There is an opportunity to share your appartment with a friend(s). We will ask successful applicants about accommodation preferences once they confirm their place.
You will be booked in from Sunday 7th to Friday 19th August. If you want to stay more nights you will need to make your own accommodation arrangements. Sligo has lots of options including hotels and hostels. There is an extensive listing of options on AirBnB.
The student accommodation is 5 minutes walk from the main college campus and 20 minute walk to the centre of Sligo town. The college is well served with a local bus service.
How to get to IT Sligo:
Plane:
The main air travel connections convenient to Sligo are via Dublin Airport and Ireland West Regional Airport (Knock). Both are well served by budget airlines such as Ryanair.
Boat:
As an island off the west of Europe we are well served with ferry options. For details check the following link;
https://www.irishferries.com/ie-en/Travel-to-Ireland/
https://www.stenalinetravel.com/ferry-to-ireland
Ferry routes to Ireland are generally on the east and south coast. You will need to travel bus or rail to Sligo in the north-west.
Bus:
Direct bus transfer from Dublin Airport to Sligo;
https://www.expressway.ie/Route-23-dublin-airport-to-sligo-it
Direct bus transfer from Ireland West Airport to Sligo;
http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=248
There is also a direct train link from Dublin to Sligo;
Ireland rail travel information - Iarnród Éireann - Irish Rail