Bunratty
Bunratty is a village in County Clare, Ireland, near Bunratty Castle.
Bunratty is a village in County Clare, Ireland, near Bunratty Castle. It is connected by the N18 road to Limerick and Galway. The Raite river defines the parish's eastern boundary and flows into the Shannon Estuary, which defines the southern boundary.
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Worth seeing in and around Bunratty
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bunratty Castle
Bunratty Castle is a large 15th-century tower house in County Clare, Ireland. It is located in the centre of Bunratty village, by the N18 road between Limerick and Ennis, near Shannon Town and its airport.
1.6 km · castle in Co. Clare, Ireland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bunratty Castle and Folk Park
The castle, built 1425, is the most complete medieval fortress in Ireland.
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Things to do
Medieval Banquets are a sort of O'Cabaret. They're held year-round within the castle at 5:30PM and 8:45PM, a four-course meal with drinks and themed entertainment, with the "Earl of Thomond's Butler" acting as MC. The guests don't themselves put on medieval drag, though on corporate nights who knows. Adult €80, child €50, reservations essential.
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Where to eat
JP Clarke's gets mixed reviews. It's off Hill Rd, open daily from noon, last orders 9PM.
- 01The Creamery Bar
Old Bunratty Road V95 CC85, info@creamerybar.com.
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Getting to Bunratty
- Airports
- Shannon (SNN), 7 km · Cork (ORK), 99 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 134 km
- Cork → Bunratty92 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · €11–16
- Charlestown → Bunratty141 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · €16–23
- Dublin → Bunratty186 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €21–30
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bunratty
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bunratty. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextSouthbound is quickest via Limerick, but you could take the ferry across the Shannon estuary from Killimer to Tarbert.
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