Get to know
Ruan.
An Ruán
A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Ruan, with local places and the journey there on one map.
10 mapped places to explore.
Check the journey options before you set off.
Explore Ruan
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Ruan is a village in County Clare. The map names 10 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 0 streets. No stop here appears in the national timetable at all.
Your guide to Ruan.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Ruan
Explore driving and walking directions, and check nearby transport options. No local stop is listed in the available timetable.
- Mapped stops
- 0
- Mapped car parks
- 0
- 3 stops on foot
Two hours in Ruan
Explore Ruan with a suggested walking itinerary. See the stops along 5.6 km of walking and choose where to spend your time.
- See and do
Things to see
218 places to explore within 12 km, plus 0 places to eat and 1 place to stay on the map.
- Castles and their stories
Castle days around Ennis
Choose a castle to explore, with its history, photographs, a map and practical visiting details.
- Street by street
Every street
0 named streets to browse on the local map.
- The local picture
About Ruan
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Ideas for a day around here
Getting to Ruan
No stop within 2 km of Ruan appears in the national timetable. Services that run on demand do not always file a published schedule, so that is not the same as saying there is no way in. The Getting to Ruan page will still work out driving and walking, and will name the nearest stop that is in the timetable.
Explore Ruan by category
Find somewhere to eat, a place to visit or an everyday service. Search or choose a theme to explore places in and around Ruan.
23 of 23 categories to explore
Things to see
A lake to linger beside, a castle to explore or a museum for a rainy afternoon. Find places for a day out.
- Attractions, 1 mapped place in and around Ruan
- Castles, 10 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Forts, 1 mapped place in and around Ruan
- High crosses, 1 mapped place in and around Ruan
- Hills, 7 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Historic churches, 7 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Holy wells, 12 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Lakes, 108 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Monuments, 3 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Museums, 2 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Nature reserves, 2 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Parks, 5 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Playgrounds, 2 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Ringforts and sites, 17 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Ruins, 12 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Shrines, 1 mapped place in and around Ruan
- Towers, 2 mapped places in and around Ruan
- Viewpoints, 1 mapped place in and around Ruan
- Woods, 7 mapped places in and around Ruan
Places to stay
Find a base for your next few days, from hotels and guest houses to camping and self-catering stays.
Community
The places that bring a town together, including schools, libraries, places of worship and community facilities.
Sport and leisure
Make room for a swim, a workout or time outdoors. Explore mapped sport and leisure facilities.
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Ruan and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Dromore Lough1.1 kmLakes
- Lough Garr1.3 kmLakes
- Dromore Wood1.6 kmWoods
- Dromore Castle1.9 kmCastles
- Lough Keagh1.9 kmLakes
- Dromore Wood2.0 kmWoods
- Lough Reagh2.1 kmLakes
- Lough Garr2.1 kmLakes
- Hennessy Lough2.4 kmLakes
- Ballyteige Lough2.6 kmLakes
- 2.7 km
- 2.7 km