Boating

For an inland county, Longford has plenty of waterways to explore by boat, where you can take part in a boat tour or hire your own boat.

Lough Ree Boat Trips and Access for All

Lough Ree Boat Trips and Access For All offers boating tours with adapted water-based experiences for people with disabilities, allowing access onto the water for up to 3 wheelchair users at the same time.

Access to the boat is via the bow of the vessel, which lowers in a style akin to a small car ferry, allowing passengers to 'roll-on' and 'roll-off' without assistance from anybody else.

The boat is the only licensed vessel of its kind in Ireland for passenger travel of this nature and provides daily sailings for people with disability from throughout Roscommon, Longford and throughout the country and abroad – offering activities such as angling, sightseeing and other excursions in all weathers. Find out more at LoughReeBoatTrips.com.

Boat Hire

Lakeside Day Boat Hire hire out boats for full and half-day use on Lough Ree. 

Lough Ree Boat Hire offers guided tours of Lough Ree, including Quaker Island and Barley Harbour. 

Cruiser Boats Ireland caters for cruising holidays on the River Shannon. Located in Lanesborough, they offer fantastic options for all, ideal for a friends getaway, long weekend trip or family vacation.  

Shannon River can arrange cruising holidays in Longford as part of your journey.

Discover the Shannon is a booking agent for cruising companies on the Shannon, Shannon-Erne waterway and Lough Erne. 

Lanesborough Marina

In Lanesborough, there is a public marina on the western banks of the Shannon. It offers pleasant surroundings, with moorings for cruisers. There is a slipway which facilitates the launch of boats, jet skis, canoes and kayaks.

Boats moored in Lanesborough at sunset, photo by Brigid Mullooly

Quaker Island on the shores of Lough Ree, photo by Media Eagle