By pure, though indeed fortunate, historic coincidence, Ballyhannon Castle is now exceptionally well located for 21st century visitors to Irish shores. Surrounded by Ireland’s most popular tourist attractions, it is strategically and conveniently at the heart of the West Coast of Ireland. It is beside Shannon International Airport for those travelling to Ireland from abroad, yet in a rural setting within its own territorial stone-walled perimeter surrounded by farmland, and overlooks the Shannon Estuary leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
It is at the end of a long private avenue (cul-de-sac) on the road between the Dromoland Interchange/Dromoland West roundabout and Quin Village. From the privacy and serenity of this secluded base, it is an ideal focal point from which to explore the wild natural beauty of the West of Ireland. Located between Bunratty Castle & Folk Park and the Burren, Ballyhannon Castle is at the heart of traditional historic rural Ireland.
Directions:
For route instructions, log onto http://www.maps.ie/route-planner.htm and follow the instructions on that page (i.e. scroll down to the bottom of that page and enter your Irish departure point and click the button beside it “Find start address”. Then type in “Quin” as your destination and click the button “Find destination address”. Finally, instead of the last line of the directions which this search will give you (“At the roundabout, take the 1st exit toward Cuinche/Quin 3.8 km”), replace it with "At the roundabout, take the 1st exit toward Cuinche/Quin, and drive 1.9 km to a 90 degree right-hand bend in the road, where you take a left turn into a small roadway (signposted Castlefergus Riding School), then drive 100 metres to 2 pillars in front of you, drive straight through them and 300 metres up the fenced avenue to the very end to finish at Ballyhannon Castle, Quin, Co. Clare".
Here are our most commonly used routes to Ballyhannon Castle (though these may be out of date when you search due to regular road changes and new road construction, so we recommend that you follow the instructions above and use http://www.maps.ie/route-planner.htm):
From Shannon International Airport
From Dublin City Centre
From Dublin Airport
From Cork International Airport
From Galway
From Limerick
About your route
These suggested routes are designed by AA Ireland as a guide to help you get to your destination safely and easily. They consider these to be the quickest and easiest (but not necessarily the shortest) routes, based on average off-peak driving conditions, and road infrastructure as at May 2009. Road infrastructure has changed since then with additional Motorway connections, so for their updated suggested routes as of your date of arrival at Ballyhannon Castle, log onto www.aaireland.ie as close a possible to your trip, and don’t forget that instead of the final line of the directions this will give you (“At the roundabout, take the 1st exit toward Cuinche/Quin 3.8 km”), replace it with "Drive 1.9 km to a 90 degree right-hand bend in the road, where you take a left turn into a small roadway (signposted Castlefergus Riding School), then drive 100 metres to 2 pillars in front of you, drive straight through them and 300 metres up the fenced avenue to the very end to finish at Ballyhannon Castle, Quin, Co. Clare"
©2004 Ballyhannon Castle, Quin, County Clare, Ireland
