By plane
Shannon Airport (http://www.shannonairport.com), which is in County Clare is one of the three primary international airports that serve Ireland along with Dublin Airport (http://www.dublinairport.com) and Cork Airport (http://www.corkairport.com). The airport is ideally located in County Clare and easily accessible from both Limerick City and Ennis. During 2007, Shannon airport handled over 3.5million passengers. Shannon Airport handles a lot of air traffic between Ireland and the United States and has US border preclearance.
The largest operator in Shannon Airport is Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com) who offer over 30 routes to destinations both in Ireland and around Europe, followed by Aer Lingus (http://www.aerlingus.com). The other major scheduled passenger airlines include Air France, Air Transat, Centralwings, Delta Airlines and US Airways. Chartered flights to popular tourist destinations from Shannon Airport operate throughout the year.
By ship
There is a ferry service from Tarbert, County Kerry to Killimer every half hour. This cuts out the need to travel through Limerick City to get into Clare, if you are coming from the south of Ireland.
By Rail
The western rail corridor is now open, so rail services have been restored between Clare and Galway. A new rail link (http://www.irishrail.ie/y...) between Ennis and Limerick is now up and running.
By bus
Bus Eireann (http://www.buseireann.ie) operates a comprehensive network of bus service to and from destinations in County Clare. Independent operators, like Lyons Travel, also offer direct routes to and from County Clare for the major towns and cities nationwide.