Carrick on Shannon
Local name: Cora Droma Rúisc
Located in County Leitrim, Connacht Coordinates: 53°56′49″ N 8°05′24″ W
- Population
- 4,743
- 4.7K
- Elevation
- 50 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- NOC Ireland West Airport Knock48 km
- CFN Donegal Airport123 km
About Carrick on Shannon
Carrick on Shannon is a city. Location: County Leitrim, Connacht. Population: 4,743. Elevation: 50 m.
Carrick-on-Shannon (Irish: Cora Droma Rúisc, meaning 'weir of the marshy ridge') is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county. A smaller part of the town located on the west bank of the River Shannon lies in County Roscommon and is home to the town's main train station. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 4,743. It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon.
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Travel notes for Carrick on Shannon
From Wikivoyage
Carrick-on-Shannon is the county town of County Leitrim in northwest Ireland, and grew up at a place where the Shannon could be forded. (A soggy experience, as the town's Irish name of Cora Droma Rúisc means "weir of the marshy ridge"). Later the river was bridged, so Carrick and the south bank village of Cortober in County Roscommon became a single settlement. In the early 19th century Carrick was an important river port when the Shannon navigation was improved, and the Royal Canal connected all the way to Dublin. Water traffic faded with the coming of the railways, but in the 20th / 21st century was revived by pleasure craft. In 2022 Carrick had a population of 4700.
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Although the town is often simply referred to as Carrick, always give it the full "on Shannon" when organising transport, as several other places are named for An Charraig, a crag or rock.
Trains from Dublin Connolly take 2 hr 20 min via Drumcondra, Maynooth, Mullingar, Longford and Dromod, and continue to Boyle, Ballymote and Sligo. They're every hour or two, see Irish Rail for timetables, fares and online tickets.
1 Carrick railway station is on the retail park south bank of the river, 1 km from town centre. The ticket office is staffed M-F 7AM-4PM and there are ticket machines and toilets.
Expressway Bus 23 runs six times a day from Dublin Busáras, taking 3 hours via Dublin Airport, Lucan, Maynooth, Mullingar, Longford and Dromod, and continuing from Carrick to Boyle and Sligo; it bypasses Ballymote. The town bus stop is on N4 opposite Landmark Hotel.
Local Link Bus 567 runs four times a day from Manorhamilton, taking 1 hr 40 min via Dromahair, Drumshanbo and Leitrim. From Drumshanbo is every hour or two.
By road from Dublin follow M4 then N4 through Mullingar and Longford.
The Shannon is navigable by small craft at Carrick and linked by canals north to Drumshanbo and Lough Allen, northeast to Enniskillen, south to Athlone and Limerick, and east to Dublin and Waterford.
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Twin towns and sister cities of Carrick on Shannon
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Climate of Carrick on Shannon
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 10° · Night 4° · Rain 123 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- January (126 mm)
- Driest month
- May (70 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 7° | 4° | 3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 126 | 100 | 105 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 78 | 98 | 98 | 123 | 123 | 122 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Carrick on Shannon
The nearest airport is Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC), 48 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dublin, 140 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) Charlestown 48 kmwest
- Donegal Airport (CFN) Donegal 123 kmnorth
- Dublin Airport (DUB) Dublin 134 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Dublin Population: 1M 140 kmsoutheast
- Limerick Population: 102.3K 147 kmsouth
- Belfast Population: 348K 158 kmnortheast
- Cork Population: 224K 229 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 326 kmnortheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Carrick on Shannon
Within 100 km: 272 historic and cultural sites, 505 natural sites, 1,363 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km157 places
- Drumman’s Island Island 11 kmNW
- Bullock Island Island 11 kmNW
- Stag Island Island 14 kmNW
- O’Reilly’s Island Island 14 kmN
25–60 km647 places
- Strandhill Beach Beach 50 kmNW
- Dunmoran Strand Beach 55 kmNW
- Inishteige Island 43 kmN
- Inchmore Island 37 kmSE
60–100 km1,336 places
- Pollboy Bridge Landmark 98 kmE
- Station Island Island 75 kmN
- Rathlin O’Birne Island Island 93 kmNW
- Long Island Island 65 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Boyle River River, Ireland1.9 km NW
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Bran Lough Lake, County Leitrim3.7 km NE
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Lough Corry Lake, County Roscommon3.4 km S
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Killukin Cascade Waterfall Natural site, County Roscommon3.5 km SW
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Kilmaddaroe Lough Lake, County Leitrim4.2 km NE
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Carrickevy Lough Lake, County Leitrim4.4 km NE
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Lough Naseer Lake, County Roscommon3.8 km N
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Lough Drumharlow Lake, County Roscommon3.9 km NW
Sources & licences
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