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Shannon Airport Car Rentals

Shannon Airport Code: SNN

Shannon Airport is located in County Clare near Limerick and is The Republic of Ireland’s 3rd largest facility. Car rental at the Shannon Airport is provided 7-days a week and car rental desks are located inside the main terminal building. Shannon serves as an important gateway to the western and midlands regions of Ireland. The Shannon is the most westerly airport in Europe and consequently has and continues to play an important role in transatlantic aviation.

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map_airport_corkThe Shannon Airport is accessible via N18 and is located approximately 24 km west of Limerick, 22 km east of Ennis and 82 km south of Galway. In addition to N18, N7, N20, N21 and N24 are all located nearby and provide good passage to much of Ireland. Shannon Airport is an International facility and handles daily flights from North America, Continental Europe and Great Britain. It also facilitates internal flights in Ireland primarily to/from Dublin. Primary carriers include: AerLingus, Ryanair, AirFrance, British Airways and Continental. Along with car hire Shannon Airport offers duty free shopping, restaurants and bars, currency exchange, ATM machines and WiFi.

About Shannon

The Shannon Region is a great point to embark on a car tour of Ireland. The area around the airport is not nearly as congested as Dublin and there are all kinds of nearby attractions and points of interest including: Bunratty Castle, The Cliffs of Moher, The Burren and the charming village of Adare. Shannon also offers convenient access to other scenic western regions of Ireland including, Killarney and the Ring of Kerry, Dingle and The Dingle Peninsula, Galway The Arann Islands and Connemara.

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VisitIreland also offers much more than Shannon Airport car hire including hotel and sightseeing packages, secure online hotel bookings, flexible “Go As You Please” self-drive packages (which include car rental, accommodation, touring guides and discount admission passes to top attractions) a complete range of escorted tours of Ireland and a range of day and short duration sightseeing excursions from Dublin. For more information on things to see and do in Ireland we encourage you to visit our brochures and regional guide of Ireland sections of our web site.