Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Bunratty, from parking to pharmacies.
Accessibility
Emergency Services
General Emergency
112 or 999
Garda Station
Newmarket-on-Fergus Garda Station, Ennis Road, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare, V95 D968, +353 61 368172
University Hospital Limerick, St Nessan's Road, Dooradoyle, Limerick, V94 F858. 24-hour Emergency Department, all ages, about 16 km and roughly 20 minutes' drive from Bunratty.
+353 61 588 611The number above is the Emergency Department direct line; the hospital switchboard is +353 61 301 111. For a non-life-threatening injury such as a broken bone, sprain, minor burn or minor head injury, St John's Injury Unit is closer and usually much quicker: St John's Hospital, St John's Square, Limerick, V94 H272, +353 61 462 132, open 8am to 8pm seven days a week for patients aged 5 and over. It is an injury unit, not an emergency department, and it is not open 24 hours. Bunratty village itself has no medical centre, pharmacy or Garda station; residents and visitors use Newmarket-on-Fergus or Limerick city. The Shannon Estuary shoreline near the village is tidal mudflat, not a swimming or boating spot, so there is no local water safety infrastructure to note beyond the general 112 emergency line.
Parking
Bunratty Castle & Folk Park visitor car park
On-site parking for castle and Folk Park visitors, confirm current charges at the gate.