woods and forests around bunratty shannon

A small village on the road to Limerick. Cratloe gets its name from the Irish for land of the Sally trees.

From Woodcock Hill behind it there are extensive views of the Shannon and Fergus estuaries and Shannon town and airport.

There are good forest walks. The Cratloe Woods, originally primeval oak woods now constitute a State forest, on the slopes of Woodcock Hill. They contain many interesting trees. It is said that Cratloe supplied the oak beams for the roof of Westminis...

Adjacent to Cratloe villlage. The Forest and Wildlife Service has developed over 400 forest areas in Ireland and made them accessible to visitors. Many of these contain nature trails, signposted walks, viewing points, picnic sites and car parking facilities. All public roads were re-numbered in 1980 and to facilitate those using road maps both the old and new numbers are included. For all forest areas, the name by which the forest is known locally is used together with the name found on th...