Shannon
Ireland · County Clare
Shannon or Shannon Town is a town in County Clare, Ireland. It was given town status on 1 January 1982. The town is named after the nearby River Shannon. It is located just off the N19 road, a spur of the N18/M18 road between Limerick and Ennis. It is the location of Shannon Airport, an international airport serving the Clare/Limerick region in the west of Ireland, as well as being the location of one of the two bases of Shanwick Oceanic Control which oversees transatlantic air traffic control over the western portion of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Things to do in Shannon
- Medieval Banquet at Bunratty Castle Ticket · 2 h 9 min · from $91.34 · 4.8/5 (228 reviews)
- Private Luxury Transfer Shannon Airport to Killarney · 2 h · from $533.76
- Shannon Airport to Galway Transfer · 1 h 20 min · from $274.01 · 5.0/5 (9 reviews)
- Shannon Airport Transfers to / from Dingle Kerry · 3 h · from $456.69
- Knappogue Castle Medieval Banquet · 2 h 30 min · from $91.34 · 4.9/5 (56 reviews)
- Chauffeur Transfer from Shannon Airport to Dromoland Castle · 25 min · from $114.17
Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+0 · 6 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- County Clare
- Main language
- English
- On the map
- 52.71° N, 8.88° W
Near Shannon
- Ennis · 17 km away
- Limerick · 18 km away
- Liscannor · 43 km away
- Tipperary · 55 km away
- Galway · 64 km away
- Aran Islands · 70 km away
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Where to stay
Bunratty West No 40015
10/10 · 1 reviews
Bunratty Town House No 2
10/10
No.14
9.9/10 · 67 reviews
Mary’s Place
9.9/10 · 35 reviews
The Carriage Houses at Beechpark House
9.8/10 · 676 reviews
Parkhouse Bed and Breakfast
9.8/10 · 106 reviews
Rossmanagher House
9.7/10 · 539 reviews
Bunratty Haven Bed & Breakfast
9.6/10 · 758 reviews
The Courtyard B&B
9.6/10 · 142 reviews
Dunaree Bed and Breakfast
9.6/10