Planning a Trip

Getting There & Getting Around -- The best way to get to and around the Upper Shannon area is by car. Although there is public transportation to major towns, you will need a car to get to most of the attractions. Among the main roads that lead to this area are the main Dublin-Sligo road (N4), the main Dublin-Cavan road (N3), N5 and N63 from Castlebar and the west, and N61 and N55 from the south.

Visitor Information -- Information on County Roscommon is available from the Ireland West Tourism Office, Foster Street, Galway (tel. 091/537700; www.discoverireland.ie/west). Hours are May, June, and September daily 9am to 5:45pm; July and August daily 9am to 7:45pm; and October to April Monday to Friday 9am to 5:45pm and Saturday 9am to 12:45pm. Information on County Cavan is available from the Cavan Tourist Office, Farnham Street, Cavan, County Cavan (tel. 049/433-1942; www.cavantourism.com), open May through September Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm; on County Leitrim from the North-West Tourism Office, Aras Reddan, Temple Street, Sligo (tel. 071/916-1201), open Easter through September Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm, and Sunday 9am to 3pm, with extended hours in July and August; and also from the tourist office on the Quay at Carrick-on-Shannon (tel. 071/962-2045), open May through September Monday to Saturday 9:15am to 5:30pm and Sunday 10am to 2pm.

Seasonal information points, operating from June to August, are signposted in Boyle (tel. 071/966-2145), Longford (tel. 043/46566), and Roscommon (tel. 090/662-6342).