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A red narrowboat moored on the still canal at Ballinamore, with trees, houses and a stone-edged quay reflected in the water.
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Town Co. Leitrim

Ballinamore

Béal an Átha Móir

The market town halfway along the waterway, with a fully serviced marina, shops for a restock and some of the best traditional pubs on the route.

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

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Ballinamore Marina

Public

Marina · open to all boats

Current availability unknown

Report space · Seven-day history
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, all year unless you have a winter mooring

Public marina just above lock 6, a short walk from the main street; shore power, service block (toilets, showers, laundry), pump-out and slipway.

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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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Itineraries that stop here
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In an emergency 112 999

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

About Ballinamore

Ballinamore, the “mouth of the big ford” on the Yellow River, is the only real town between Leitrim and Ballyconnell and the obvious place to restock, about 22 km and ten locks from Leitrim. The marina lies just above lock 6 and has toilets, showers, laundry, a pump-out, a slipway and shore power; a 4.5 km looped walk along the waterway starts from it. Shops, cafés, restaurants, a hotel and plenty of pubs line the streets of the town. Waterways Ireland puts Smyth’s Siopa Ól, with its stone floors and open fires, in the running for best pub on the waterway. Look out for the 1830s courthouse and the old arched bridge; from 1887 to 1959 the town was also the hub of the narrow-gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway.

Eat & drink

Things to do

  • Walk

    Ballinamore looped walk

    An easy loop of about 4.5 km from the marina along the waterway to Ardrum Lock and back through the town, suitable for walkers, cyclists and children.

    Website

Services

  • Shore power Smart Card · summer only
  • Laundry Smart Card
  • Pump-out Smart Card
  • Showers Smart Card
  • Slipway
  • Toilets Smart Card

Pump-outs, showers and shore power at Waterways Ireland harbours are paid with a Waterways Ireland Smart Card. About the Smart Card

Neighbours by water

  • Ballinamore Lock ≈ 0.2 km · ≈ 5 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Ardrum Lock ≈ 1.2 km · 1 lock · ≈ 35 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Ballyduff Lock ≈ 3.6 km · ≈ 45 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
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  • Aghoo Lock ≈ 4.1 km · 2 locks · ≈ 1 h 30 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Castlefore Lock ≈ 9.1 km · 1 lock · ≈ 2 h 15 min Next opening 09:00 (in 4 h 57 min)
  • Keshcarrigan ≈ 12 km · 2 locks · ≈ 3 h

≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices

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Locks & bridges (1)

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