Local Essentials
The practical stuff most travel sites skip. Everything you need to know before visiting Killaloe, from parking to pharmacies.
Accessibility
Cruise
Killaloe River Cruises has an access ramp for wheelchairs and prams up to 60cm wide and an enclosed lower deck.
Town
Both town centres are compact, but the walk up to St Molua's Oratory and St Flannan's Catholic church on the Clare side is steep, and the Tountinna roads have no facilities.
Emergency Services
General Emergency
112 or 999
Garda Station
Killaloe Garda Station, The Green, Killaloe, Co. Clare, V94 NH73, +353 61 620 540
University Hospital Limerick (UHL), St Nessan's Road, Dooradoyle, Limerick, V94 F858. 24-hour Emergency Department for all ages, about 33km and roughly half an hour by road from Killaloe bridge. UHL is the Mid-West's only 24-hour Emergency Department.
061 588 611There is no emergency department in Killaloe or Ballina. Garda station details from the An Garda Síochána station directory, read 16 October 2026.
Parking
Lakeside Drive, Ballina, Co. Tipperary
Killaloe River Cruises states there is free parking at its meeting point on Lakeside Drive, across the bridge from Killaloe.
Shopping
Town
Small shops cluster on Royal Parade and Convent Hill on the Clare side and on Main Street in Ballina. Ponte Vecchio on Royal Parade combines a café, wine bar and bookshop.
Supermarkets & Groceries
SuperValu Killaloe
Convent Hill, Killaloe, Co. Clare
In the Convent Hill shopping area on the Clare side. Location from OpenStreetMap, not confirmed with the operator.