River Shannon
The River Shannon is the major river on the island of Ireland, and at 360 km in length, is the longest river in the British Isles. It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of 16,900 km2, – approximately one fifth of the area of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: longest river in Ireland
- Also known as: “R. Shannon”, “Shannon”, “Shannon R.”, and “Shannon River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carrigaholt Castle and Kilcredaun Head lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrigaholt and Doonaha.
Carrigaholt
Village
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Carrigaholt is a small fishing village in County Clare, Ireland, a castle and a Catholic parish by the same name. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht; an Irish-speaking community; until 1956. Carrigaholt is situated 3 km northwest of River Shannon.
Doonaha
Locality
Doonaha is a small village on the Loop Head peninsula in County Clare, Ireland. It is located along the R487 road and close to the banks of the River Shannon. Doonaha is situated 5 km northeast of River Shannon.
Cross
Locality
Cross is a townland and small village in County Clare, Ireland. It is in the Catholic parish of Cross. Cross is situated 6 km west of River Shannon.
River Shannon
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“River Shannon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شانون”
- Armenian: “Շանոն”
- Asturian: “Ríu Shannon”
- Azerbaijani: “Şannon (çay)”
- Azerbaijani: “Şannon”
- Basque: “Shannon ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Рака Шанан”
- Belarusian: “Шанан”
- Belarusian: “Шанон”
- Belarusian: “Шэнан”
- Breton: “An tSionainn”
- Bulgarian: “Шанън”
- Catalan: “riu Shannon”
- Catalan: “Riu Shannon”
- Cebuano: “River Shannon (suba sa Irland)”
- Cebuano: “River Shannon”
- Chinese: “香农河”
- Chinese: “香農河”
- Chuvash: “Шаннон”
- Croatian: “Shannon”
- Czech: “Shannon”
- Danish: “Shannon”
- Dutch: “Shannon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شانون”
- Esperanto: “Ŝanono”
- Estonian: “Shannon”
- Estonian: “Shannoni jõgi”
- Finnish: “Shannon”
- French: “Shannon”
- Galician: “Río Shannon”
- Galician: “Río Sionainn”
- German: “Shannon”
- Hebrew: “נהר שאנון”
- Hebrew: “שאנון”
- Hungarian: “Shannon”
- Iban: “Sungai Shannon”
- Icelandic: “Shannon”
- Indonesian: “Shannon”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Shannon”
- Irish: “An tSionainn”
- Irish: “Sionainn”
- Italian: “Fiume Shannon”
- Italian: “Shannon”
- Japanese: “シャノン川”
- Korean: “섀넌강”
- Ladin: “Shannon”
- Latin: “Senus”
- Latvian: “Šenona”
- Lithuanian: “Šanonas”
- Lombard: “Shannon”
- Lombard: “Sionainn”
- Macedonian: “Шанон”
- Manx: “Awin ny Shannon”
- Manx: “Awin y Channon”
- Manx: “Awin y Çhannon”
- Manx: “Y Channon”
- Manx: “y Çhannon”
- Manx: “Yn Çhannon”
- Mingrelian: “შანონი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “შანონი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shannon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Shannon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “River Shannon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shannonelva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sionainn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sionna”
- Norwegian: “Shannon”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Scene”
- Ossetian: “Шаннон”
- Persian: “رود شانون”
- Persian: “رودخانه شانون”
- Polish: “Shannon”
- Polish: “Sionna”
- Portuguese: “Rio Shannon”
- Quechua: “Shannon”
- Romanian: “Râul Shannon”
- Russian: “Шаннон”
- Russian: “Шеннон”
- Russian: “Шьононн”
- Serbian: “Шенон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Reka Šenon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rijeka Shannon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “River Shannon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šenon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Shannon”
- Slovak: “Shannon”
- Slovenian: “Shannon”
- South Azerbaijani: “شانون چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Shannon”
- Spanish: “Río Shannon”
- Swedish: “Shannon”
- Swedish: “Shannonfloden”
- Turkish: “Shannon Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Шеннон”
- Urdu: “دریائے شینن”
- Uzbek: “Shannon”
- Venetian: “Fiume Shannon”
- Welsh: “Afon Llinon”
- Welsh: “Afon Shannon”
- Welsh: “Afon Sionainn”
- Welsh: “Shannon”
- Western Frisian: “Shannon”
- Wu Chinese: “香农河”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kilcredaun and Rinermackaderrig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kilcredaun Point and Ladder Rock.
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