Getting Here
Getting Here
Lough Gur is located in County Limerick, just a 30-minute drive from Limerick City, and is easily accessible from across Ireland. It’s ideally situated for visitors travelling from major cities and airports, making it a perfect stop on a longer journey or a day trip destination.
- 30 minutes from Limerick City
- 1 hour from Shannon Airport
- 1 hour 30 minutes from Cork City and Cork Airport
- 2 hours 15 minutes from Dublin City and Dublin Airport
- 45 minutes from Tipperary Town and Nenagh
There is free on-site parking for cars and coaches, with clear signage guiding you to the Visitor Centre.
For those using public transport, Bus Éireann routes serve nearby towns such as Bruff and Kilmallock, with taxi services available for the short onward journey to Lough Gur. Train connections are available to Limerick Colbert Station, which links with major cities across Ireland. From Limerick, car hire or taxi services provide convenient access to the site.
Lough Gur is also a great addition to driving routes through Ireland’s Ancient East and Munster Vales, offering a scenic detour packed with history, heritage, and natural beauty.
For GPS or sat nav, simply enter Lough Gur Visitor Centre, County Limerick or use the Eircode V35 ED60. For detailed travel advice or help planning your route, feel free to contact our team at the Visitor Centre.
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What Our Visitors Say
Our student’s group had a great trip to Lough Gur on Monday. We listened an interesting talk about this place’s history from Stone Age to modern times at Lough Gur Visitor Center. After with tour guide Brian we had short walk around area. It was gorgeous! It’s a one of the most beautiful places Ireland! There is a lake, hills, small forest, castle’s ruins. Finally, we visited Great Stone Circle, which was built several thousand years ago. I’m really grateful to Kate and Brian for this amazing day! My classmates and I had a great time and have taken a lot of pictures.
Lough Gur is an amazing archaeological site where people have lived for over 6,000 years. It is well maintained and offers an excellent Visitors' Centre describing the periods of occupation in fascinating detail as well as local history. Replicas of artefacts discovered here are also on display. Advisable to Google in advance to grasp the magnificence of this site. The largest Stone Circle in Ireland is in the area. Coffee and biscuits are available but no cooked meals. Go to Reardon's pub restaurant nearby for that.
Lough Gur is just the most amazing place to visit it's wheel chair accessable and just excellent for kids lots of picnic benches lots of walks and loads to explore you could spend the day here easily and time will fly there's a small playground also and a little shop on site and toilets at entrance well worth a visit highly recommend for a lovely family day out.
A wondrously tranquil spot, which would be worth visiting for its beauty even if it had no archeological significance. But its unique role in the history of human colonisation of Ireland is a fascinating tale, brought alive to our group by a young local volunteer who, while obviously immensely knowledgeable about the area, wore his learning lightly as he told his tale with panache and humour. In my view, one of Ireland's must-see experiences.
What a beautiful, non commercialised, tranquil heaven with well maintained pathways, wheelchair friendly. Free ample parking, plus an information centre which is non intrusive to the ambient nature 😀 Rest rooms are positioned at the (entrance, exit) and are well maintained. Monitored security is clearly evident providing a level of comfort even for solo visitors. Please never allow any "profit body" marshal this sanctuary of peace as has been done with the "Cliffs of Moher" to name just one. Well done to the custodians of this natural Treasure.
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