River Shannon

The River Shannon is the major river on the island of , and at 360 km in length, is the longest river in the . It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of 16,900 km2, – approximately one fifth of the area of Ireland.
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  • Stream
  • Description: longest river in Ireland
  • Also known as
    “R. Shannon”
    “Shannon”
    “Shannon R.”
    “Shannon River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carrigaholt Castle and Kilcredaun Head lighthouse.
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is a ruins.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrigaholt and Doonaha.
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is a small fishing village… is situated 3 km northwest of River Shannon.
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is a small village on the peninsula in , . is situated 5 km northeast of River Shannon.
is a townland and small village in , Ireland. is situated 6 km west of River Shannon.

River Shannon

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Latitude
52.58194° or 52° 34′ 55″ north
Longitude
-9.68167° or 9° 40′ 54″ west
Open location code
9C4GH8J9+Q8
Geo­Names ID
2961517
Wiki­data ID
Q192820

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“River Shannon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شانون”
  • Arabic: “نهر شانون”
  • Armenian: “Շանոն”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Shannon”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şannon (çay)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şannon”
  • Basque: “Shannon ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Шанан”
  • Belarusian: “Шанон”
  • Belarusian: “Шэнан”
  • Breton: “An tSionainn”
  • Bulgarian: “Шанън”
  • 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 Çhannon”
  • Manx: “Y Channon”
  • 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”
  • Romanian: “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: “Río Shannon”
  • Swedish: “Shannon”
  • Swedish: “Shannonfloden”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำแชนนอน”
  • 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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