Ireland’s navigable lakes, rivers and canals — in your pocket, even offline
Where to moor, eat and fuel up, what to see ashore, lock and bridge times, live warnings and water levels. Free, for hire crews and local boaters alike.
From Killaloe down the Shannon Scheme’s headrace canal and through the giant Ardnacrusha lock into Limerick city and the tide: a passage for experienced skippers, not hire boats.
13 stops · 2 public moorings · 3 private marinas · 25 km · 2 locks
The quiet middle of the Shannon: about 57 km of slow river and wide callows from just above Portumna to Athlone, past Banagher, Shannonbridge and Clonmacnoise, with a 16 km side trip up the River Suck to Ballinasloe.
12 stops · 5 public moorings · 2 private marinas · 73 km · 3 locks
The Shannon's middle lake: almost 30 km of open water and monastic islands between Athlone and Lanesborough, with sheltered inner lakes and most of the marinas at its southern end.
21 stops · 8 public moorings · 7 private marinas · 30 km
From the head of Lough Ree up to Carrick-on-Shannon: small loughs, harbour villages a short hop apart, three keeper-worked locks and the hire-boat capital of the Shannon.
14 stops · 9 public moorings · 4 private marinas · 50 km · 3 locks
Two quiet branches at the top of the Shannon: the Boyle River through Cootehall and Clarendon Lock to the wooded islands of Lough Key and the harbour at Boyle, and the little Lough Allen Canal from Battlebridge to Drumshanbo and the open reservoir lake below the Iron Mountain.
13 stops · 8 public moorings · 3 private marinas · 37 km · 4 locks
A 63 km cross-border link between Leitrim village and Upper Lough Erne, with sixteen Smart Card locks you work yourself, a string of quiet drumlin lakes and the towns of Ballinamore and Ballyconnell.
23 stops · 6 public moorings · 3 private marinas · 63 km · 16 locks
A sheltered maze of wooded islands and narrow channels from Belturbet in County Cavan to the island town of Enniskillen, with no locks, public jetties with a 48-hour limit and the National Trust’s Crom estate on the way.
14 stops · 9 public moorings · 6 private marinas · 42 km
The big, open lake of the Erne system, from Portora Lock below Enniskillen past Devenish, White Island and Boa Island to Belleek on the border, with Killadeas and Kesh for marinas and supplies.
16 stops · 10 public moorings · 5 private marinas · 38 km · 1 lock
Ireland's classic barge canal: 135 km and 48 hand-worked locks, counting the short Naas Branch, from Dublin's docks across Kildare and the Offaly bogs to the Shannon at Shannon Harbour.
18 stops · 7 public moorings · 2 private marinas · 135 km · 48 locks
One of Ireland’s prettiest navigations: 111 km and 33 hand-worked locks from the Grand Canal at Lowtown along the Barrow Line to Athy, then down the wooded River Barrow past Carlow and Graiguenamanagh to the tidal lock at St Mullins.
20 stops · 4 public moorings · 1 private marina · 111 km · 33 locks
Dublin's other canal to the Shannon: 146 km and 46 hand-worked locks from Spencer Dock on the Liffey to Richmond Harbour at Clondra, with Ireland's longest greenway on the towpath.
Ireland's largest lake and the river that drains it to the north coast: open water ringed by council marinas, then 52 km of the Lower Bann through five keeper-worked locks to Coleraine.
25 stops · 10 public moorings · 7 private marinas · 83 km · 5 locks
Ireland's second-largest lake: a short river up from Galway city, then 176 km² of rocky, island-strewn water reaching to Cong, Ashford Castle and the Joyce Country hills at Maam.
13 stops · 7 public moorings · 2 private marinas · 56 km
From Killaloe down the Shannon Scheme’s headrace canal and through the giant Ardnacrusha lock into Limerick city and the tide: a passage for experienced skippers, not hire boats.
13 stops · 2 public moorings · 3 private marinas · 2 locks · 25 km
The quiet middle of the Shannon: about 57 km of slow river and wide callows from just above Portumna to Athlone, past Banagher, Shannonbridge and Clonmacnoise, with a 16 km side trip up the River Suck to Ballinasloe.
12 stops · 5 public moorings · 2 private marinas · 3 locks · 73 km
The Shannon's middle lake: almost 30 km of open water and monastic islands between Athlone and Lanesborough, with sheltered inner lakes and most of the marinas at its southern end.
21 stops · 8 public moorings · 7 private marinas · 30 km
From the head of Lough Ree up to Carrick-on-Shannon: small loughs, harbour villages a short hop apart, three keeper-worked locks and the hire-boat capital of the Shannon.
14 stops · 9 public moorings · 4 private marinas · 3 locks · 50 km
Two quiet branches at the top of the Shannon: the Boyle River through Cootehall and Clarendon Lock to the wooded islands of Lough Key and the harbour at Boyle, and the little Lough Allen Canal from Battlebridge to Drumshanbo and the open reservoir lake below the Iron Mountain.
13 stops · 8 public moorings · 3 private marinas · 4 locks · 37 km
A 63 km cross-border link between Leitrim village and Upper Lough Erne, with sixteen Smart Card locks you work yourself, a string of quiet drumlin lakes and the towns of Ballinamore and Ballyconnell.
23 stops · 6 public moorings · 3 private marinas · 16 locks · 63 km
A sheltered maze of wooded islands and narrow channels from Belturbet in County Cavan to the island town of Enniskillen, with no locks, public jetties with a 48-hour limit and the National Trust’s Crom estate on the way.
14 stops · 9 public moorings · 6 private marinas · 42 km
The big, open lake of the Erne system, from Portora Lock below Enniskillen past Devenish, White Island and Boa Island to Belleek on the border, with Killadeas and Kesh for marinas and supplies.
16 stops · 10 public moorings · 5 private marinas · 1 lock · 38 km
Ireland's classic barge canal: 135 km and 48 hand-worked locks, counting the short Naas Branch, from Dublin's docks across Kildare and the Offaly bogs to the Shannon at Shannon Harbour.
18 stops · 7 public moorings · 2 private marinas · 48 locks · 135 km
One of Ireland’s prettiest navigations: 111 km and 33 hand-worked locks from the Grand Canal at Lowtown along the Barrow Line to Athy, then down the wooded River Barrow past Carlow and Graiguenamanagh to the tidal lock at St Mullins.
20 stops · 4 public moorings · 1 private marina · 33 locks · 111 km
Dublin's other canal to the Shannon: 146 km and 46 hand-worked locks from Spencer Dock on the Liffey to Richmond Harbour at Clondra, with Ireland's longest greenway on the towpath.
Ireland's largest lake and the river that drains it to the north coast: open water ringed by council marinas, then 52 km of the Lower Bann through five keeper-worked locks to Coleraine.
25 stops · 10 public moorings · 7 private marinas · 5 locks · 83 km
Ireland's second-largest lake: a short river up from Galway city, then 176 km² of rocky, island-strewn water reaching to Cong, Ashford Castle and the Joyce Country hills at Maam.
13 stops · 7 public moorings · 2 private marinas · 56 km
Jetty Hop began on Lough Derg, with a local boater who wanted one honest guide to where you can tie up, eat and fill the tank. It now covers 14 waterways across the island, North and South, and every photo and report from the water makes it better.
Photos by Kenneth Allen, A.-K. D., Oliver Dixon, Jonjobaker, JP, Colin Park and 131 other photographers, from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph. All credits and licences
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