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Shannon Airport Guide the Shannon Airport HISTORY | TOURISM | ADVENTURE | THE CRAIC THE SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE TURAS 2013/2014 THE SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE ON YOUR DOORSTEP COSMOPOLITANLIMERICK & STUNNING CLARE DOLPHIN WATCHING SURFS UP GET YOUR FEET WET GOLF LOSING BALLS ALL OVER IRELAND TURN SOUTH FROM THIS PLACE CORK & KERRY PICTURE POSTCARD TAKE ME WITH YOU I’M FREE! YOUR IRELAND ADVENTURE SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE... Ireland’s traditional welcome, Céad Míle Fáilte, translates as one hundred thousand welcomes and it gives a brief insight into the famous hospitality and friendliness that this country is most famous for. Though we may not, unfortunately, be able to guarantee you perfect weather throughout your time here, it is safe to say that wherever the road takes you, at journeys end you’ll “The road be met by a smile. will take you The Irish pride themselves on looking at the bright side of life, where it will, on carrying a sense of humour as a given and being proud to the scenery welcome guests to the table. So whether you decide to head for will change, the city lights or a remote outpost the same greeting awaits you; you may you’ll be treated as a guest and not a tourist. encounter It would be impossible and impractical traffic lights for us to provide in these pages a “must --- or you do” list. Our recommendations are may not, merely suggestions; they are some of the highlights that we know you’ll enjoy but you may by no means is it comprehensive. Your have to stay may be brief but we’re sure you’ll wait as enjoy it. sheep slowly The road will take you where it will, the scenery will change, you meander may encounter traffic lights or you may not, you may have to wait across the as sheep slowly meander across the road, you may win a sheaf of road...” euros on a horse that you picked just for it’s name, you may get a hole-in-one, you may get lost at a crossroads that has no signpost of any form, you may try oysters for the first time and Guinness for the second time, you may well fall in love. The Ireland you’ve read about and heard of is alive and well and looking forward to meeting you. So any of the above may befall you; but you will certainly have a unique experience in a country delighted to offer you one hundred thousand welcomes... The editorial team The Shannon Airport Guide was brought to you by Guerin Media Creative Print Solutions Merrywell House, Unit E Merrywell Business Park Ballymount Road Lower D12. T: + 353 1 4603615 F: + 353 1 4603616 Find out more at www.guerinmedia.ie 3 SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE 7. SHANNON AIRPORT 81. THE NEAR NEIGHBOURS A wecome message from Shannon Airport Tipperary & Waterford show off their hospiltality, horses & hurling 16. ON YOUR DOORSTEP Limerick & Clare - what to see, where to go, 85. A DAY ON THE COURSE how will you ever want to leave? Losing balls all over Ireland, the ‘where to Go’ guide for fanatic and 25. BUNRATTY novices alike History at the end of the river 88. SHANNON RIVER What makes this place so majestic? 53. A TASTE OF OUR HISTORY When past meets present 92. GO WEST Nature, art, music, film festivals, 61. THE IRISH LANGUAGE top-class horse racing, surfing, golf Quick lesson in getting your Celt on and legendary attractions 65. IRISH PLACE NAMES 109. THE MIDLANDS Making sense: When Sleeves become What to see in the heart f Ireland Mountains and going to Kill on a Sunday is a good thing 113. THE EASTERN SIDE It’s not just about Dublin 67. TURN SOUTH Cork & Kerry: 117. DUBLIN, THE CAPITAL It’s no all about dolphins and beaches Your no-nonsense guide to the City 4 SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE Publishers Note: On behalf of Guerin Media Ltd we would like to extend our thanks to a few different parties involved in this project. To Shannon Airport, a thank you for having the vision and insight to get involved with our idea and for contributing to help make it a great success. To Bord Failte, Shannon Heritage and Gerry Lynch in My Destination County Clare, for their expertise, their images and their assistance; without which this publication could never have been nearly as eye-catching and informative. To our advertisers and contributors: without your generosity and spirit this magazine would quite simply not exist; I hope your footfall surges. To our own sales, production and design teams: congratulations all on yet another job well done and a product we can all be proud of. And finally to our readers: thank you for taking the time to pick up a copy of Turas. I hope it helps in some way to may your Ireland adventure a lasting memory. Best wishes and safe trip, The Guerin Media Team 5 SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE 2012 of a Government Steering Group to oversee 2013 the restructuring of the State Airports and Shannon Development. AN HISTORIC YEAR: Limerick based and Clare born aviation expert and AN INDEPENDENT lawyer Rose Hynes was appointed as Chairman of SHANNON AIRPORT: an Aviation Business Development Task Force to report into the Steering Group on proposals for the restructuring. By the time it did, Rose, since confirmed as Chairman of the new Shannon Airport Authority Board, together with the airport executive, had drawn together a plan and vision for Shannon which they are confident is achievable. And by all accounts, their confidence is well placed as not only were they busy devising the plan, they were equally active out in the field selling it, and successfully so. The response was such that Airport Director Mary Considine has no doubt but the airport is about to take-off one more time. “The great thing about the work of the Task Force is that it was not just about putting a plan together. We have been out there talking to airlines and potential investors Shannon Airport has proudly declared in aviation related businesses and the response has been its very own independence and set out really positive.” on what it anticipates will be a new era “The immediate focus will be on sustainable traffic of sustained success for Ireland’s most growth. We have already made inroads in that regard historic airport. over recent months. We have secured new services to Chicago and Philadelphia that will give us a 22% uplift in passengers on transatlantic services alone during The word ‘Shannon’ has long since been the busy summer season.” “We also have a new route a by-word for innovation the world over to Faro and a doubling of our capacity to Bodrum in and is now about to embark on another Tu r k e y.” coming, as it were, after being given its “We see these significant wins over recent months as own wings by Government at midnight a start only and will be working hard to make other on December 31st 2012. equally significant gains over the coming months. Our goal is to increase passenger numbers to 2.5million The theme of ‘Just Think How Far We Can Go’ within five years. That’s over one million less than what had been chosen as the motif for the airport’s we achieved at peak in 2008 so we are confident it is a independence. It is evident across the terminal realistic target.” building today; draped in a huge banner outside facing on to the car park and emblazoned on the floors “We don’t expect it to be easy, however, but are prepared inside. for the hard-work and really excited by the task at hand. We are determined that when we look back in 20 years There is a real sense that this airport, which has we will see the moment Shannon achieved independence traditionally dared like no other to think big, sees as historic, a turning point for the airport as it were.” no boundaries and is on the move up again. The separation process had been months in the making; While securing passenger growth through boosting six months in fact, since the establishment, in June additional and securing new services out of the 7 SHANNON AIRPORT GUIDE historic airport will be the core target going forward, the airport also has its eye on another area of growth - RETAIL CHANGES AT in the same way that it broke new ground for aviation SHANNON AIRPORT: globally past through becoming the birthplace of duty- free and aircraft leasing in the past. The Shopping Gateway “We have a plan that is looking at developing a world- class international aviation services center, akin to what Pumping life into the commercial heart of has been done for finances with the financial sector the South West is something which Shannon through the development of the IFSC in Dublin. We Airport has been doing for over 70 years. have already very significant interest internationally in what we are going to create and believe that we have From its role as a gateway into the south of the the capacity to achieve 3,000 jobs within a three to country, to the spin off jobs it creates around the five year period. This will be across a cluster of diverse international, primarily aviation, related businesses area, it is one of the most important economic centered on the airport and building on the existing stimulators in the region. Broadening the appeal cluster of 40 aviation related companies working at of the airport has taken on fresh impetus this Shannon.
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