One of the most important things to consider when planning your boat hire holiday on the Shannon in Ireland is the time it takes to get from each town and village on the river. You can use our handy dropdown calculator or the chart.

The chart below shows the average cruising times on a hire boat between all the towns and villages on the River Shannon in hours. If you're cruising upriver to the north read horizontally, and if you're cruising south read vertically.
The table is based on average cruising speeds.