Shannon
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A river, about 386 km (240 mi) long, rising in north-central Ireland and flowing generally south and west to the Atlantic Ocean through a long deep estuary.
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[Modern Irish An tSionna, the old one]
Principal river of Ireland flowing 224 miles south-west from a spring under Cuilcach Mountain, Co. Cavan, to the Atlantic. In its last seventy miles the river becomes a wide estuary; between counties Roscommon, Longford, and Westmeath, it widens to form Lough Ree, and above Killaloe, between Clare, Galway, and Tipperary, it forms Lough Derg
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Shannon, principal river of the Republic of Ireland and longest (c.240 mi/390 km) in the British Isles. It rises near Cuilcagh Mt., NW Co. Cavan, and flows S through the Central Plain into Co. Limerick, where it turns west in a broad estuary (c.70 mi/110 km) to the Atlantic Ocean between Loop Head and Kerry Head. Loughs Allen, Boderg, Ree, and Dreg are expansions of the river. The Shannon with its many tributaries drains a region of farmland and peat bogs. Towns along the Shannon include Carrick-on-Shannon, Athlone, and Limerick. The river is connected with E Ireland by the Royal Canal and the Grand Canal; large vessels, however, cannot ascend the river above Foynes. Limerick is the head of estuary navigation. An important hydroelectric plant was built between Lough Derg and Limerick. The fisheries of the river are valuable. Shannon Airport Industrial Estate (opened 1945), a duty-free international terminal on the river, 15 mi (24 km) W of Limerick, has been developed by the government into an industrial center.
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Geography and places
In Ireland
- River Shannon - Ireland
- Shannon Cave - a subterranean section of the River Shannon
- Shannon Pot - source of the River Shannon
- Shannon, County Clare - Ireland, a town near Shannon Airport
- Shannon Airport - Ireland
- Shannon Region - unofficial region in Ireland
In the United States
- Shannon, Alabama
- Shannon, Georgia
- Shannon, Illinois
- Shannon, Kentucky
- Shannon, Texas
- Shannon County, Missouri
- Shannon County, South Dakota
- Shannon Hills, Arkansas
- Lake Shannon - a reservoir in Whatcom County, Washington
- Shannon Creek - a stream near North Cascades National Park, Washington
Other
- Shannon, New Brunswick, a community in Canada
- Shannon, New Zealand - a town
- Shannon, Quebec - Canada
- Shannon Falls - a waterfall in British Columbia
- Shannon Island - Greenland
- Shannon Park, Nova Scotia - Canada
- Shannon Bay, now called Darrell Bay, British Columbia, Canada
- Shannon Lake, a community of Westbank, British Columbia, Canada
As a surname
For Shannon as a given name see Shannon (given name)
Artists
- David Shannon (born 1960) - American author
- Del Shannon (1934–1990) - American rock and roll musician
- Frank Shannon, (1874-1959) - Irish-American actor and writer
- James Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923), Anglo-American painter
- Johnny Shannon (born 1932) - English actor
- Molly Shannon (born 1964) - American actress
- Richard Shannon (born 1954) - American writer
- Shannon (born 1939) - once-off stage name of English singer and songwriter Marty Wilde
- Shannon (singer) (born 1958) - stage name of singer Shannon Brenda Greene
- Sharon Shannon (born 1968) - Irish musician
- T. Sean Shannon (fl. 2000s) - American performer and writer
- Terry Shannon (1952–2005) - American engineer and writer
- Tommy Shannon (born 1946) - American bassist best known for backing Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughan
Journalists
- Bob Shannon (Radio) (born 1942) - Canadian journalist
- Bob Shannon (WCBS-FM) (born 1948) - American journalist
- George W. Shannon (1914–1998) - American journalist
- Mark Shannon (born c. 1950) - American journalist
- Paul Shannon (1909–1990) - American journalist
- Scott Shannon (fl. c. late 20th century) - American journalist
- William V. Shannon (1927–1988) - American journalist
Politicians
- George Shannon (explorer) (1785–1836) - explorer and U.S. Senator
- Frank Shannon (politics) - unchosen politician and journalist
- James Shannon (born 1952) - American politician
- Peter Shannon (born 1949) - Australian diplomat
- Richard C. Shannon (1839–1920) - US Representative from New York
- Steve Shannon (born 1971) - American politician
- Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. (born c. 1960) - American diplomat
Scientists
- Claude Shannon (1916–2001) - American mathematician and electrical engineer - the originator of Information Theory
- Frederick A. Shannon (1921–1965) - American biologist
Sportsmen
- Darryl Shannon (born 1968) - Canadian hockey player
- Frank Shannon (baseball) (1873-1934) - American baseball player
- Les Shannon (1926–2007) - English football player and manager
- Mike Shannon (born 1939) - American baseball player and journalist
- Rab Shannon - Scottish footballer
- Randy Shannon (born 1966) - American football coach
- Shannon (born 1975) - one of many ring names of female American wrestler Shannon Spruill
Television
- Shannon (1961 TV series) - starring George Nader (syndicated)
- Shannon (1981 TV series) - starring Kevin Dobson (Columbia Broadcasting System)
Other
- Shannon - a servant from the house of Ushiromiya in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
- Shannon (horse) (1941–1955) - was an outstanding Australian Hall-of-Fame thoroughbred racehorse.
- Earl of Shannon - Peerage of Irish
- "Shannon", a song by Henry Gross
- HMS Shannon - several naval ships
- Shannon Development - a development company in Ireland
- Shannon Racing Cars - a defunct Formula One constructor
- Shannon Racing - a defunct motor racing team
- Shannon RFC - a rugby club in Limerick
- Shannon index - of biodiversity
- Shannon–Hartley theorem - an application of the noisy channel coding theorem to the archetypal case of a continuous-time analog communications channel subject to Gaussian noise
- "Tell Shannon Her Crafts Are Ready", a song by American band HeavyHeavyLowLow
- Shannon (locomotive) - an 0-4-0WT steam locomotive, built by George England & Co in 1857, formerly loco No5 of the Wantage Tramway Co, now at the Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire, UK
- Shannon's Way - a novel
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Mentioned in
Shannon / Siler
(1981 Visual Arts Film)
Carrick-on-Shannon
(city, Ireland)
Del Shannon & Friends
(1990 Album by Various Artists)
Castle Shannon
(city, Pennsylvania)
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