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	Shannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shannon Town the name of a new town in County Clare.
		Shannon International Airport is the nearby airport and hub of several airlines.
		Shannon Marketic is an actor and model and was sexually enslaved as a prostitute.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shannon (215 words)

	River Shannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The River Shannon (Irish: Sionainn), Ireland's longest river, divides the West of Ireland (mostly the province of Connaught) from the east and south (Leinster and most of Munster).
		Vikings settled in the region in 10th century and used the river to raid the rich monasteries deep inland.
		The Shannon is the longest river in the British Isles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Shannon (440 words)

	SHANNON (RIVER) - LoveToKnow Article on SHANNON (RIVER) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		SHANNON, CHARLES HAZELWOOD (1865-), English artist, was born at Sleaford in Lincolnshire, the son of the Rev. Frederic Shannon, He attended the Lambeth school of art, and was subsequently considerably influenced by his friend Charles Ricketts and by the example of the great Venetians.
		SHANNON, JAMES JEBUSA (1862-), Anglo-American artist, was born at Auburn, New York, in 1862', and at the age of eight was taken by his parents to Canada.
		Dividing county Clare from counties Tipperary and Limerick, the Shannon reaches the city of Limerick as a broad and noble river, and debouches upon an estuary 60 m.
	33.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SH/SHANNON_RIVER_.htm (2835 words)

	Dail Debates Official Report - 18-04-00
		People accept that the Shannon will continue to flood and understand that it has a natural flood plain, but they are not willing to witness their homes being flooded or isolated because the river is used as a dumping ground, silting up year after year.
		River Shannon flooding over the years has been the subject of much study by local and Government authorities and steps have been taken at various times to achieve some degree of control of floods and some amelioration of the resultant damages.
		The Shannon Forum, comprising representatives from elected members of local authorities along the River Shannon, local authority officials, boating, fishing wildlife and tourism interests, the industrial and agricultural sector, the ESB and the OPW, afforded the various parties an opportunity to express the views of the organisations which they represented.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/18april/sect5.htm (11209 words)

	Welcome to Shannon Region-Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Shannon is the largest river in Ireland, and is 386km (240 miles) long from its source at the Shannon Pot in the foothills of the Cuilcagh Mountains in Co. Cavan to its estuary below Limerick City.
		The Shannon Region owes its name to this mighty river which flows through the heart of the area from Shannonbridge at its mid section to its confluence with the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Shannon Estuary.
		From Shannonbridge, at its mid-point the river is slow flowing and follows a meandering course through the bogscape of Co. Offaly’s peatlands, past the rural town of Banagher and the lush plains and gentle hills of north Tipperary, on its 50 km journey to Portumna, where it flows into Lough Derg.
	www.shannonregiontourism.ie /content.asp?id=307 (1432 words)

	River Shannon
		The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland.
		The Shannon is a mixed fishery and holds a wide range of coarse fish and pike as well as trout and salmon.
		The salmon fishery at Meelick on the Shannon is situated approx 5 miles downstream of the bridge at Banagher.
	www.irishfisheries.com /waterways.asp?P=4&W=77 (467 words)

	Seanad Debates Official Report - 26-10-00
		Proposals are being developed by local authorities for river basin management projects in relation to, for example, the whole Shannon catchment, the western lakes and the south east region, for example, the Barrow, Nore, Suir and Slaney catchments.
		Fundamental to the concept of a Shannon river council, which is central to the Shannon River Council Bill and a matter we attempted to address in that Bill, was the issue of fragmentation.
		It is primarily due to natural causes, the extremely flat basin of the River Shannon, its inadequate depths and widths in critical areas, apparent increases in rainfall amounts and the possible effects of siltation of the river's channels.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-00/s5dec/sect2.htm (7280 words)

	Cruising on the River Shannon 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland and the British Isles, providing over two hundred and fifty miles of navigable waterways for pleasure cruising.
		The Shannon is woefully short of suitable moorings, and the daily task of finding a place to tie up overnight within shouting distance of a watering hole soon became very tiresome.
		The Shannon River abounds with beautiful scenery and is surprisingly uncrowded, even at the height of summer.
	www.halling.org.uk /Travel/Shannon2003.htm (610 words)

	IWAI - The Shell Guide to the River Shannon
		Thus the Shannon remains the largest undrained river in Europe and the longest in Britain and Ireland.
		Traditionally the Shannon rises in the Shannon Pot, a round pond on the slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain in Co Cavan, from which a small trout stream emerges, but there is no visible water support entering the pool.
		Where the restriction actually occurred the river bottom consists of very large boulders, which are too big for the current to move; this area had to be dredged in the course of constructing the present navigation.
	www.iwai.ie /maps/shannon/guide/17.php3 (1890 words)

	River Shannon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		As the main river draining the central lowland of Ireland, it is surrounded by marshes and bogs...
		It lies on the west bank of the River Shannon, between Mount Bernagh and the Arra Mountains.
		The western boundary is the lower part of Lough (lake) Ree and the River Shannon, but elsewhere the county's limits wind through the central lowland, except at Lough Sheelin in the north.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067130 (843 words)

	Silverline Cruisers : River Shannon Cruise Holidays
		The riverside town of Banagher, which means, "Ford of the Rocks" is located in the Shannon crossing and was originally a small port in the 18th century.
		A fisherman's paradise with the River Shannon, Brosna, Lough Derg, Lough Allen and the Grand Canal.
		Rising in County Cavan this majestic river meanders gracefully through sloping mountain ranges, past ancient monastic settlements on a journey that takes some 500 Kilometres to the cosmopolitan city of Limerick and a further 60 miles of estuary where it empties into the wild Atlantic Ocean.
	www.silverlinecruisers.com /banagher.htm (712 words)

	Athlone.ie > River Shannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The importance of the river as a line of communication had also been realised by the middle of the eighteenth century and navigation works had been carried out which by-passed the shallows and enabled much larger boats to move about over greater distances.
		The river today could have been an open navigation for sailing boats all the way from Killaloe to the Jamestown Canal, but not only is it crossed by fixed bridges but also by telephone wires and high tension ESB cables.
		The greater water highway of the River Shannon is standing out again as it did on the ancient maps of Ireland; it has entered a new era.
	www.athlone.ie /AboutAthlone/History/RiverShannon.aspx (2525 words)

	River Shannon - Go on. Say something. You know you want to...
		Its source is in the Cuilcagh Mountains in Cavan (known as The Shannon Pot) and it flows through ten different counties, creating the Shannon Estuary at Limerick, where it then meets the Atlantic Ocean.
		Shannon town is what we'd call a "new town" built purposely after WWII for the major investment in the area.
		The Shannon river rises at Cuilcagh Mountain, County Cavan's highest peak, and flows through 10 of Ireland's 32 Counties.
	www.world-productions.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/001228.html (542 words)

	NATURE. Ireland. The River Shannon \| PBS
		As NATURE's IRELAND shows, the historic river continues to play an important role in the human and natural history of the nation.
		Rising in the misty moors of County Cavan, the Shannon tumbles and twists 200 miles to the Atlantic Ocean, nearly dividing Ireland in two.
		The river's floodplain is dotted with marshy grasslands and bogs that support a wealth of birds and other wildlife.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/ireland/shannon.html (469 words)

	River Shannon Boating Holidays and Vacations Afloat in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The majestic Shannon, Ireland's longest river, is free from all commercial traffic and navigable for over 150 miles (220km) with only 6 locks.
		South from Carrick the Shannon slowly widens, flowing gently by a cluster of small towns and villages and all well worth a visit.
		As you slowly cruise down stream, the river leads through a ribbon of loughs that stretch for miles until you finally reach Lough Ree.
	www.france.boatingholidays.com /ireland/ireland/ushannon.htm (407 words)

	More about Cruising On The River Shannon by Cruises... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		T he Shannon river three hundred and eighty six kilometers of waterway spanning eleven counties from the north of Ireland in county Fermanagh on the Erne System, to the Shannon estuary...
		The River Shannon is the longest river (350kms) and is the most popular river cruising route.
		Cruising along the majestic waters of the Shannon and the Erne as they slowly meander their way through Irelands rich countryside is an ideal way to sample the laid back way of life which is...
	www.cruisesecret.com /cruise/cruising_on_the_river_shannon.html (742 words)

	ipedia.com: River Shannon Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The River Shannon, which divides Ireland into east (Leinster) and west (Connacht), has been an important waterway since antiquity.
		First mapped by Ptolemy, the 200 mile long river empties into the Atlantic Ocean in a western direction at Limerick, turning north in the city.
		It is the longest river in the British Isles.
	www.ipedia.com /river_shannon.html (174 words)

	Fishing in the River Shannon, Chestnut Cottage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Shannon is the largest river in these islands.
		The total catchment of the main river and its tributaries is approximately 6,060 square miles.
		For the most part, this is a big, sluggish river which connects the three great loughs — Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg.The Shannon is a great mixed fishery and holds a wide range of coarse fish and pike as well as trout and salmon.
	homepage.eircom.net /~chestnutcottage/Fishing.html (131 words)

	Along the River Shannon : Introduction \| Frommers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Shannon is the constant by which you should take your bearings in Ireland's heartland.
		For centuries, the river was primarily a means of transportation and commerce, Ireland's most ancient highway; more recently, it's chiefly been a source of enjoyment and recreation.
		This is not to imply that the river flows in that direction; rather, it's to help you start touring in the area that has the most to do and see.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/alongtherivershannon/1331010001.html (354 words)

	The River Shannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is the longest river in both Ireland and Britain, and has influenced the military, social and economic history of Ireland since the beginning of time.
		It is joined on its journey by dozens of smaller rivers and streams some of which are also navigable.
		the Roman cartographer Ptolemy mapped the river when it was an important trade route from Europe and during the first millennium AD Viking long boats sailed up through mists of the midland bogs to loot the medieval monastery at Clonmacnois and a found a town at Rindoon on Lough Ree.
	www.iol.ie /wmeathtc/acl/shannon.htm (315 words)

	River Shannon
		RIVER DROWES — Monday 13th to Sunday 19th February 2006.
		RIVER DROWES — Monday 6th to Sunday 12th February 2006.
		RIVER DROWES — Monday 23rd to Sunday 5th February 2006 (2 weeks).
	www.irishfisheries.com /waterways.asp?W=79&P=1 (467 words)

	MV Shannon Princess - Cruising Holidays on the River Shannon
		This idyllic dream is realised when you enjoy a journey of seven days and six nights aboard the MV Shannon Princess - the most luxurious of hotel barges cruising the magnificent River Shannon.
		The heart of Ireland is yours to discover as you embark upon this most memorable of river cruises.
		You have the choice to avail of the wide variety of activities available in the area: scenic trail rides and lakeshore treks, championship golf courses, rich fishing in the Shannon, unequalled bird watching and even the chance to cycle through the lovely County Clare countryside to the next port of call.
	www.12travel.com /ie/packages/cruiseliners/shannon_princess.html (398 words)

	Bird Watching, The River Shannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Of all the great rivers of western Europe, the lordly Shannon surely is the least spoiled and polluted, a fact reflected in the quality and quantity of its wildlife, be it flora, fish or fowl.
		In spring, the islands in the river and on the lakes, true wilderness of hazelbush with a floor cover of Ransoms, Bluebells and Early Purple Orchids in profusion, resound with the songs of Willow and Garden Warbler, Chaffinch and Blackbird.
		Each lock in the river system has its pair of Pied and Grey Wagtails and of the birds of prey, there are the Kestrel and the Sparrowhawk, both common.
	www.galway.net /galwayguide/search/ypshow.cgi/3287 (294 words)

	River Shannon,Rivers in Westmeath. Find all Westmeath Travel and Tourist information in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Shannon is the longest river in Ireland, rising in County Cavan and meandering down to the Atlantic.
		Towards Lough Ree, islands stud the river in an area of ecological importance which is home to otters, geese, grey herons and whooper swans.
		Continuing south beyond Athlone, the river flows through flood plains and bog before reaching Lough Derg, the biggest of the lakes on the Shannon.
	www.goireland.com /scripts/low/Premises.asp?PremisesID=13520 (408 words)

	River Shannon -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		In the early 19th century it was a vital link in the waterways of Ireland; today it is used by pleasure craft.
		group of peat bogs between the Liffey and the Shannon rivers in east-central Ireland in Counties Kildare, Offaly, Laoighis, and Westmeath.
		Some 370 square miles (958 square km) in area, it is developed extensively for fuel for power stations; the cutover land is used for grazing.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9378399 (855 words)

	ShannonFerry Group Ltd
		The main tourist routes of the West of Ireland's Shannon Region are linked via the Killimer-Tarbert car ferry.
		This pleasant, 20 minute journey across the Shannon Estuary will save 85 miles (137 km) from ferry terminal to ferry terminal providing a staging point for the many attractions of Clare, Kerry and adjoining counties.
		Whatever your reason for visiting the West of Ireland, be it business or pleasure, plan on taking the Shannon Ferry.
	www.shannonferries.com (73 words)

	River Shannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oh Shannon I might be dreamin’ The stars fell down on the factory The cathedrals repeating, the light receding Bells on another day Have you ever seen my face Fast asleep and dreamin’?
		Oh Shannon The lightnin’ fell There’s an army down by the riverside But I might be dreamin’ I can see that you don’t believe me And I might be dreamin’ If I dip into your water Fall through my reflection I will shadow myself anyway Have you ever seen my face Fast asleep and dreamin’?
		Oh Shannon The soldiers are comin’ The guns are drummin’ the night away Rain, rain go away Come again some other day When I got time for believin’ Have you ever seen my face Fast asleep and dreamin’?
	www.thehimalayans.com /shannon.html (166 words)

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