'''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
Limerick
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By plane
The main airport in County Limerick is [http://www.shannonairport.com 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 [http://www.ryanair.com Ryanair], [http://www.continental.com Continental], [http://www.delta.com Delta] and [http://www.aerlingus.com 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 [http://www.irishrail.ie Irish Rail] serves the following locations without needing a change:
Limerick - Rosslare
Limerick - Bally Brophy
Limerick - Dublin
Limerick - Ennis
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)
By bus
There is a bus service ([http://www.buseireann.ie Bus Eireann]) to Dublin, Cork, Galway, Ennis and Waterford.
Get around
Car Rental
The main location for picking up a car rental in County Limerick is at [http://www.shannonairport.com/to-from/carrental.html Shannon International Airport]. The following car rental companies are listed as having locations at Shannon Airport.
Avis Rent a Car
Budget Rent a Car
[http://www.dollar.ie Dollar Car Hire]
[http://www.dooleycarrentals.com Dooley Car Rentals]
Europcar
[http://www.hertz.ie Hertz Rent a Car]
Irish Car Rentals
[http://www.malonecarrental.com Malone Car Rental Ireland]
National Car Rental
[http://www.thrifty.ie Thrifty Car Rental Ireland]
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Limerick
Ryans Honey Farm. allasgreen, Co. Limerick. 3536257147.
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Eat
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.
Drink
Sleep
Budget
Travelodge Limerick. oonagh Roundabout, Ennis Road, Limerick. 353 (0) 61 457 000. ttp://www.travelodge.ie. rom 3pm, earlier check on request and charge of ?10. 2 midday, late check out up to 3 pm subject to availability and ?10 charge . oom Rate From ?40.00 winter season. Part of Travelodge Ireland, which operates ten budget hotels in Ireland.
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