Getting Around

• Bus Services
• Local Taxis
• Rail Services
• Car Hire in the Shannon Region
• Internal Ferries
• Cycling Holidays

Getting Around

Whether you want to travel by bus, train, car or ferry, there is a range of options to suit everyone. The choice is yours!

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Bus Services

Bus Eireann operate a comprehensive provincial service to the many towns and villages throughout the Shannon Region. These services operate out of the main urban centres at Limerick, Tralee and Ennis. The provincial routes operate as a commuter and feeder service. Main towns are connected by the Expressway service which operates on a frequent basis and forms part of the national bus routes to Ireland's other main towns and cities. Frequent user tickets, by the day, week or month are available from the main stations. During the summer months extra services operate to the main seaside resorts and places of interest like Doolin in Co. Clare which also has a ferry crossing to the Aran Islands. For further details visit www.buseireann.ie.

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Local Taxis

Shannon is well serviced by local taxi companies

• McLoughlin Taxi :353-86-2473712
• ACE Cabs : 353 61 475475
• O'Briens Cab : 353 61 362614
• Shannon Taxi Service : 353 61 471538

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Rail Services

Railtours Ireland

Day tour by rail from Dublin to the Shannon Region featuring the highlights of Clare and Limerick. Visit www.railtours.ie

Car Hire in the Shannon Region

The following car rental companies have offices at Shannon Airport.

• Avis Car Rental
• Budget Car Hire
• Europcar, Murray's Rent a Car
• Dan Dooley Car Hire
• Hertz Rent a Car
• Malone Thrifty Car Rental
• National Car Rental
• Sixt Car Rental

Other Regional Car Rental Companies

• Dan King Car and Jeep Rentals (Ireland Rent a Car)

Internal Ferries

Killimer Tarbert Ferries

Killimer Tarbert Ferries - a car ferry "bridge" between Kerry and Clare. The main tourist routes of the West of Ireland's Shannon Region are linked via the Killimer-Tarbert car ferry. This pleasant, 20 minute journey across the Shannon Estuary will save 137km. ( 85 mls) from ferry terminal to ferry terminal providing a staging point for the many attractions of Clare, Kerry and adjoining counties. Killimer is in County Clare and Tarbert in Co. Kerry. No reservations necessary. Ferries operate year-round. It leaves Killimer every hour on the hour (07:00hrs to 21:00hrs) and Tarbert every hour on the half-hour (07:30hrs to 21:30hrs).
Tel: +353 65 9053124; Fax: +353 65 9053125
E mail: sferry@iol.ie. Web: www.shannonferries.com

Visit the Aran Islands by Ferry

The legendary Aran Islands, lie just five miles off the coast of Co. Clare. There are three islands in the group, Inismore, Inismaan and Inisheer all serviced by ferry from Doolin in Co. Clare. These bastions of ancient Irish culture have bred a hardy breed of fisherman and farmers whose roots go back way before recorded history and who still speak Irish. Accommodation and meals are available on all three islands. The ferry from Doolin in Co. Clare to the Aran Islands is circa 30 minutes duration. Several ferry sailings daily.

Scattery Island Ferries

Scattery Island is just less than 2 miles from Kilrush Marina; once clear of the lock gates it takes 15-20 minutes by ferry to cross to the island where St Senan founded a monastic settlement in the 6th century. On the island a lighthouse, gun battery from Napoleonic times and a round tower are to be found, as well as an abundance of wildlife. M.V. St. Senan II departs Kilrush Marina for the island a number of times daily.

Contact:
Tel: +353 65 9051327
Fax: +353 65 9051327.
Email: shannondolphins@eircom.net
Web: www.shannondolphins.ie
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Cycling Holidays in Ireland