Sailing and Watersports
 The unrivalled asset of Lough Derg and the Shannon waterway provide world-class
water skiing and other water sport facilities, including cruising, sail boarding,
canoeing, game and coarse angling, windsurfing and kyaking.
Whiteggate and Mountshannon have become an outstanding sailing location. The new,greatly extended,
harbour is one of the principal stopping places on the lake for hire- cruisers and
other boats, as well as providing an access point for the Iniscealtra Sailing Club's
numerous craft moored offshore.
 Killaloe should be mentioned for its importance as a boating centre. There are
facilities for sailing and water-skiing and a large marina. Killaloe is also a
base for a number of hire-cruiser companies.
The activity centre in Kirush provides a wide range of equitment and tuition for
the watersports enthusiast.
On the Southern shores of Galway Bay, Ballyvaughan harbour offers pleasure craft
including an expanding sailing fleet and is a starting point for boat trips to
the islands.
The clean clear waters off the Atlantic coast are perfect snorkelling and scuba
diving. A little further afield, there are shark, skate and tope to test the
mettle of the deep sea enthusiast.
Fishing
 The Lakes, rivers and streams in Clare are rich in salmon, brown trout
and a wide variety of coarse fish, including pike, bream, tench and rudd,
whilst the gentle waters of Galway Bay are a haven for sea angling.
Dotted with almost 40 lakes, the lakelands of East Clare have quality
services and facilities for the angler whilst the unrivalled asset of Lough
Derg and the Shannon waterway provide both game and coarse angling.
Corofin is right at the heart of a lake-complex, which forms part of the
Fergus headwaters and also offers excellent coarse and game fishing.
Coarse Angling
At O'Brien's Bridge and on the Clare Lakes:
Cullaun Lake, Ballycullinan Lake and Atedaun Lake.
On the East Clare Lakes; Lough Graney, Clondorney Lake, Doon Lake, Lough Bridget, Cullaunaheeda,
Lough Avoher, Finlough and Clonlea
On the River Shannon and Lough Derg: Killaloe, Scariff and Mountshannon
Trout Angling
 On Lough Inchiquin, near Corofin and on the West Clare Lakes of Gortglass
and Cloomsneachta
The following Rivers provide a challenge for game anglers in the North
Tipperary area:-
River Suir at Tempemore, Loughmore, Thurles, Holy Cross, Ballycamas; the
Litter Brosna River at Roscrea; the Nenagh River at Nenagh, Ballycommon,
Dromineer; the Allatrim River at Toomevara, Ballyfinboy, and the Ballinderry
River. The Mulcair River and several small tributaries throughout the county
have supplies of brown trout.
Mixed Angling
At Killaloe, Mountshannon and Scariff.
Angling Centres
Portumna, O'Brien's Bridge , Corofin, Ennis, Along the River Fergus
System, Kildysart, Tulla, Broadford, Feakle, Killaloe, Mountshannon and Scarifff.
Sea Angling
 Boats can be chartered from:
Kilrush Marina, Liscannor Bay, Miltown Malbay, Quilty and from many
places along the Shannon Estuary including Killaloe, Portumna Mountshannon.
One of the largest of the Shannon hire- cruiser enterprises is based at
Doonbeg at the mouth of the Cooraclare or Doonbeg River, close to the
beaches of Seafield, Lough Donnell and Quilty. All of these beaches provide
good shore angling for pollock, bass and mackerel. Doolin is another good
spot for shore angling.
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