- Culture and Entertainment
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The University Concert Hall (UCH), Limerick is Ireland’s first purpose built concert hall and is the permanent home of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. UCH is a 1,000 seat venue playing host to a variety of live entertainment, concerts, recitals, drama, comedy, dance and grand opera.
The Belltable, Limerick is the principal Arts Centre in the Shannon region offering the best of theatre, music, dance, visual arts, and cinema, while Glór, The Irish Music Centre located in Ennis, Co. Clare provides a variety of styles, traditions and genres of live music as well as other arts activities.
Within 40 minutes drive is Galway City – home to the Taibhearc and the annually held Galway Arts Festival. The National Folk Theatre of Ireland is based in Tralee, just an hours drive from Shannon. Eating out in the Shannon Region offers a range of fine-dining and casual restaurants as well as traditional Irish nights. Limerick is just 30 minutes from Shannon Airport, and less than 20 minutes from attractions such as the world-famous Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Limerick City is an excellent centre for shopping. It is also rapidly building a reputation for dining and the City has its own 'Good Food Circle' of restaurants. The Region offers a full range of accommodation from luxury castle hotels and manors to comfortable family-run hotels and guesthouses as well as first class hotels for the business traveler.