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County Limerick
County Limerick is the smallest and least scenic county in Ireland's Shannon Region, but it contains Ireland's third city and the island largest river. It is more likely to be on your route than your destination but there are things worth seeing.
Cities
Culture and History
Travel to County Limerick & Visa Requirements
Flights and airtickets to County Limerick
The main airport in County Limerick is Shannon International Airport. Shannon Airport is the second busiest airport on the island of Ireland and during 2006 carried over 3.6million passengers. The airport mainly offers destinations to Europe and the United States with Ryanair, Continental, Delta and Aer Lingus being the main carriers. During peak months chartered flights cater for the main tourist hot spots around Europe.
By train
County Limerick is served by only one train station, Colbert Station which is situated on Parnell Street in Limerick City. While County Limerick is not as well connected by rail as it was in prior times, the ever improving state of rail travel in Ireland is hoping to address some of these issues. Limerick railway station is operated by Irish Rail serves the following locations without needing a change:
Other destinations such as Cork, Tralee, Galway, Sligo and Belfast can be reached using the Irish rail network, but require changing trains.
By car
Access to Limerick via car has never been easier due to the massive amount of investment recent Governments in Ireland have poured into improving the road infrastructure in Ireland. Today the road from Dublin to Limerick is motorway standard for up to 100km while other improvements will be coming on line soon. The main arterial routes to County Limerick are as follows
- N7 - Limerick to Dublin (estimated distance 200km)
- N18 - Limerick to Ennis (estimated distance 40km)
- N19 - Limerick to Shannon (estimated distance 20km)
- N20 - Limerick to Cork (estimated distance 100km)
- N21/22/23 - Limerick to Killarney (estimated distance 110km)
- N24 - Limerick to Waterford (estimated distance 130km)
- N66 - Limerick to Ennis / Galway (estimated distance 100km)
- N69 - Limerick to Tralee (estimated distance 100km)
Buses to County Limerick
There is a bus service (Bus Eireann) to Dublin, Cork, Galway, Ennis and Waterford.
Tours & Getting around County Limerick
Car Rental
The main location for picking up a car rental in County Limerick is at Shannon International Airport. The following car rental companies are listed as having locations at Shannon Airport.
- Avis Rent a Car
- Budget Rent a Car
- Dollar Car Hire
- Dooley Car Rentals
- Europcar
- Hertz Rent a Car
- Irish Car Rentals
- Malone Car Rental Ireland
- National Car Rental
- Thrifty Car Rental Ireland
County Limerick attractions and sightseeing
County Limerick city tours
Talk
County Limerick souvenirs & shopping
County Limerick Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Limerick City has some of the best restaurants in Ireland outside Cork or Dublin.
Highly recommended are:
"Copper and Spice" Cornmarket Row for Indian and Thai Food.
"Brulees" on Henry Street which specialises in traditional European Fare.
"Moll Darby's" on George's Quay with superb but expensive Fish Dishes.
"The River Cafe" also on George's Quay - a traditional but superb French Bistro.
County Limerick nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs
County Limerick cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging
Budget
- Travelodge Limerick, Coonagh Roundabout, Ennis Road, Limerick, ☎ +353 (0) 61 457 000, [1]. checkin: From 3pm, earlier check on request and charge of €10; checkout: 12 midday, late check out up to 3 pm subject to availability and €10 charge. Part of Travelodge Ireland, which operates ten budget hotels in Ireland.Room Rate From €40.00 winter season.
Destinations in County Limerick:
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This page was last edited at 00:17, on 8 May 2008 by Marc Heiden. Based on work by Ronan Menton, Peter Fitzgerald, Nick Roux and Evan Prodromou, Wikitravel user(s) Picapica, Nzpcmad and Marty and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.
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