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Mountshannon Harbour on a breezy day, with cruisers at the floating jetty, a red-and-white boat by the harbour wall and yachts on moorings across the bay.
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Village Co. Clare

Mountshannon

Baile Uí Bheoláin

A tidy 18th-century village above a busy harbour: the gateway to Holy Island, with a Blue Flag bathing area beside the moorings.

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  • Shore power
  • Pump-out
  • Not yet checked: berths, water, fuel and price

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Mountshannon Harbour

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Harbour · open to all boats

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Shore power
Yes
Pump-out
Yes

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About this mooring

Max. stay: Up to 5 days in a row, or 7 days in a month; longer stays from November to March only with a winter mooring permit

Public harbour with berths on the wall and on floating jetties; busy on summer evenings. Shore power and pump-out.

Shore power and water are usually switched off from November to March.

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Iniscealtra Sailing Club harbour

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Club moorings · visitor access not yet checked — ask locally before tying up

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Iniscealtra Sailing Club

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The sailing club's own harbour beside the public one, kept by its members; visitor berthing not confirmed.

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Private marina east of Mountshannon Harbour

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Private marina · visitor access not yet checked — ask locally before tying up

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Small private marina in the first bay east of the village harbour; not a public mooring.

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Mooring limit: 5 days in a row, 7 days a month

Public moorings on the Shannon Navigation and the Shannon–Erne Waterway: at the same public harbour for at most 5 days in a row, or 7 days in total in any month, all year round. A longer stay in winter (1 November to 31 March) needs a winter mooring from Waterways Ireland. Boater information from Waterways Ireland

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Call 112 or 999 and ask for the Coast Guard. Both numbers work in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.

About Mountshannon

Mountshannon was laid out around 1740 by the Limerick linen merchant Alexander Woods. Its harbour is one of the liveliest on the lake in summer, with berths along the wall and on floating jetties, shore power, pump-out, a slipway, and toilets and showers in the service block. Iniscealtra Sailing Club keeps its members' harbour next door, and a private marina sits in the next bay to the east. From April to September a local historian runs boat trips from the pier to Inis Cealtra (Holy Island), and the Inis Cealtra Visitor Experience in the restored Old Rectory sets the scene, with a café upstairs. The Blue Flag bathing area beside the harbour has lifeguards in summer. The village has pubs, a pizzeria and a café, and a petrol station with a small shop is a short walk away.

Eat & drink 2

Things to do 6

  • Boat trip

    Holy Island boat trip

    Daily from April to September, weather permitting, from Mountshannon pier; no booking needed.

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  • Museum

    Inis Cealtra Visitor Experience

    Exhibition on the monastic island, with a scale model, in the Old Rectory, opened in 2025.

  • Swimming

    Mountshannon bathing area

    Blue Flag 2026 and EPA "excellent" water; lifeguards in the summer months.

  • Park

    Aistear Park

    4.5-acre park with a labyrinth, a playground, picnic spots and a small outdoor library.

  • Walk

    Mountshannon to Scarriff trail

    9 km trail around Scarriff Bay with views of the lake and Inis Cealtra.

Services

  • Pump-out summer only
  • Showers
  • Slipway
  • Toilets

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≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 7.5 km/h and 15 minutes a lock.

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