--- title: "Bunratty – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bunratty, Ireland: Bunratty is a village in County Clare, Ireland, near Bunratty Castle. Nearby: Bunratty Castle. Every way there from the planner, and…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bunratty" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bunratty.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Bunratty_Castle_and_Durty_Nellys%2C_Southeast_view_20150803_1.jpg/1920px-Bunratty_Castle_and_Durty_Nellys%2C_Southeast_view_20150803_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in County Clare, Ireland # Bunratty Bunratty is a village in County Clare, Ireland, near Bunratty Castle. ![Bunratty](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Bunratty_Castle_and_Durty_Nellys%2C_Southeast_view_20150803_1.jpg/1920px-Bunratty_Castle_and_Durty_Nellys%2C_Southeast_view_20150803_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Bunratty · DXR The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunratty), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Bunratty 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunratty_Castle) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Bunratty Castle and Folk Park The castle, built 1425, is the most complete medieval fortress in Ireland. From [Wikivoyage: Bunratty](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bunratty), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## 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. From [Wikivoyage: Bunratty](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bunratty), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat JP Clarke's gets mixed reviews. It's off Hill Rd, open daily from noon, last orders 9PM. 1. The Creamery Bar Old Bunratty Road V95 CC85, info@creamerybar.com. From [Wikivoyage: Bunratty](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bunratty), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Bunratty **Airports:** Shannon (SNN), 7 km · Cork (ORK), 99 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 134 km\ - Cork → Bunratty 92 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · €11–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cork-to-bunratty) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cork&to=Bunratty) - Charlestown → Bunratty 141 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · €16–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-bunratty) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Bunratty) - Dublin → Bunratty 186 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €21–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-bunratty) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Bunratty) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bunratty) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next Southbound is quickest via Limerick, but you could take the ferry across the Shannon estuary from Killimer to Tarbert. From [Wikivoyage: Bunratty](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Bunratty), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 76 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 332 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 399 km 4. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 411 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 415 km If you know how people move in Bunratty – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbunratty&title=Bunratty&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbunratty), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Bunratty - [Hurlers Cross](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hurlers-cross) village in Munster, Ireland 1.7 km [The place page for Bunratty](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bunratty) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Ireland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bunratty, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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