Oak House B & B
Mountshannon

Nearby there are several Golf Courses, as well as a pitch & putt course, fishing, sailing, pony treking, cycling & tours of Holy Island.
Ideal as a base for touring to locations such as :-

Bunratty Castle & Folk Park with it's Castle Banquets & Irish Nights

Knappogue Castle & Medieval Castle Banquets

Craggaunowen - A living history of Celtic Life during the Bronze Age

King John's Castle

The Hunt Museum

Dunguaire Castle & Medieval Castle Banquet

Ailwee Caves

The Clare Museum

East Clare Heritage Centre in Tuamgraney

The Burren

and for those with children Turoc Pet Farm & Playland will while away many happy hours feeding the various animals, playing in the outdoor activity area or the indoor playland with it's bouncy castles and ball park, plus cafe & restaurant facilities.

Located in the very heart of East Clare this lovely village can justifiably boast to being one of "Ireland's Best Kept Secrets". Mountshannon nestles at the foot of the Slieve Aughty Mountains & overlooking Lough Derg with its scattering of mystical islands, is steeped in History & Legend.
Mountshannon is a pretty well kept one-street village which was originally designed and built by Alexander Woods, a merchant from Limerick, who intended that it should be a Protestant settlement from where the surrounding Catholic settlements would be converted to Protestantism because of the witness made by the Protestant's industry.
Even as recently as the 1830's there was still not a single Catholic resident in the village. However, Alexander's vision never came true, infact the reverse occurred and it was the Catholics who moved into the village rather than the surrounding villages becoming Protestant.
The Protestant church and graveyard are still there and are just about the only things that bear witness to Alexander's scheme. The graveyard is now well wooded but very attractive and peaceful. As a contrast at the other end of the village is the Catholic church, a simple yet attractive stone building.

Lough Derg is one of Ireland's largest lakes and is generally referred to as being Ireland's pleasure lake. At 32,000 acres it is almost an inland sea but doesn't have tides and is fresh water, not salt water and is a part of the River Shannon which is itself Ireland's longest river, passing from Dublin in the East down to Limerick in the South-west it effectively cuts Ireland in two. Consequently it is an unrivalled asset, not only to the peoples of the three adjoining counties (Galway, Clare and North Tipperary) but also to the many thousands of people who come and visit the area on day trips as well as holidays.
Lough Derg can be navigated along it's entire length of just under 40km from Portumna at it's nothern tip down to the twin towns of Ballina and Killaloe at the southern end and also has navigable access to over 200km of inland waterways.
Lough Derg itself is renowned for having some of the most varied fishing in the whole of Ireland. Trout, Salmon, Pike and course fishing (Perch, Roach & Tench) are all available.