Shannon
Worth seeing in and around Shannon
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.
3.6 km · castle in Co. Clare, Ireland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shannon
- Airports
- Shannon (SNN), 4 km · Cork (ORK), 99 km · Ireland West Knock (NOC), 134 km
- Cork → Shannon94 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €12–17
- Charlestown → Shannon502 km · quickest by road, 8h 19m · $50–70
- Dublin → Shannon188 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · €22–31
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No local-transport research exists yet for Shannon
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 Shannon. 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 estuary from Killimer to Tarbert.
From Wikivoyage: Shannon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Shannon
- Bunrattyvillage in Munster, Ireland3.2 km
- Hurlers Crossvillage in Munster, Ireland1.8 km