Shannon Pot
Shannon Pot is a pool in the karst landscape in the townland of Derrylahan near Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan, Ireland. An aquifer-fed naturally fluctuating pool, it is the traditional source of the River Shannon.Photo: Gerard Lovett, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Spring
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Log na Sionna”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glangevlin and Glenfarne.
Glangevlin
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glangevlin is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. Glangevlin is situated 4½ km south of Shannon Pot.
Glenfarne
Locality
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenfarne or Glenfarn is a village in north County Leitrim, Ireland. It is the site of the original 'Ballroom of Romance', which inspired a short story by William Trevor that was subsequently turned into a television film in a BBC/RTÉ co-production. Glenfarne is situated 7 km northwest of Shannon Pot.
Belcoo
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belcoo is a border village historically in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland; these counties have been abolished and it's now part of Omagh and Fermanagh District.
Shannon Pot
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: County Cavan, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.23472° or 54° 14′ 5″ northLongitude
-7.91896° or 7° 55′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C6J63MJ+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4915498482OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springWikidata ID
Q719553
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Shannon Pot” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “夏農池”
- Chinese: “香農池”
- French: “Shannon Pot”
- Hungarian: “Shannon Pot”
- Irish: “Log na Sionna”
- Irish: “Shannon Pot”
- Manx: “Lag na Sionna”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lag na Sionna”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shannon Pot”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Log na Sionna”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Shannon Pot”
- Spanish: “Log na Sionna”
- Spanish: “Shannon Pot”
- Turkish: “Shannon Pot”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Legnashinna Cavern and Killinagh.
Nearby Places
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