Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
For an easy pub-free dinner, try the simple
Numero Uno Pizzeria
(Mon-Sat
12:00-23:00,Sun15:00-23:00,onOldBarrackStreetoffMarketPlace,tel.065/684-1740).
From Ennis by Train to: Galway
(5/day, 1.25 hours),
Limerick
(9/day, 40 minutes),
Dublin
(7/day, 3.25-4 hours, change in Limerick and Limerick Junction). Train info: Tel.
065/684-0444,
www.irishrail.ie
.
By Bus to: Galway
(hourly, 1.25 hours),
Dublin
(almost hourly, 4-5.25 hours),
Rosslare
(2/day, 6.5 hours),
Limerick
(hourly, 1 hour),
Lisdoonvarna
(5/day, 1.25-2.75
hours),
Ballyvaughan
(1/ day, 1.75-2.75 hours),
Tralee
(6/day, 3.25 hours, change in Lim-
erick),
Doolin
(5/day, 1.5-2.5 hours). Bus info: Tel. 065/682-4177,
www.buseireann.ie
.
Shannon Airport
This is the major airport in western Ireland and comes with far less stress than Dublin's
overcrowded counterpart. The airport has a
TI
(daily June-Sept 6:30-19:30, Oct-May
6:30-17:30, tel. 061/471-664), ATMs, Wi-Fi, a change bureau, and a baggage storage
desk. Direct flights leave to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, London,
Edinburgh,andvariousdestinationsontheEuropeancontinent(airportcode:SNN,airport
tel. 061/712-000,
www.shannonairport.ie
)
.
From Shannon Airport by Bus to: Ennis
(bus #51 runs between the airport and the
Ennis train station hourly, 20 minutes after the hour starting at 8:20, 30 minutes),
Galway
(hourly, 1.75 hours),
Limerick
(hourly, 30-50 minutes, can continue to Tralee—2 hours
more, and Dingle—4/day, another 2 hours; bus tel. 061/313-333,
www.buseireann.ie
)
.
Sleeping near Shannon Airport:
If you want to stay at the airport, consider
$$$ Park
Inn by Radisson Shannon Airport
(Db-€79-129, less off-season, best prices if you book
online, tel. 061/471-122,
www.parkinn.com
)
.
A visit to the Cliffs of Moher (pronounced “more”...because who would visit the Cliffs of
Less?)—a
▲▲▲
sight—is one of Ireland's great natural thrills. For five miles, the dra-
matic cliffs soar as high as 650 feet above the Atlantic.
