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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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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Shannon may refer to:
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People
Artists
- David Shannon (born 1960), American author
- Del Shannon (1934–1990), American rock and roll musician
- James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923), Anglo-American painter
- Molly Shannon (born 1964), American actor
- Richard Shannon (born 1954), American writer
- Shannon (born 1939), one-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
- Shannon Leto (born 1970), American drummer in 30 Seconds to Mars, brother to actor and fellow band member Jared Leto
- Shannon Wheeler (born 1966), cartoonist
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 (1785–1836), explorer and U.S. Senator
- 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
- Bob Shannon (born c. 1940; fl. 1980s), American programmer
- Claude Shannon (1916–2001), American mathematician and electrical engineer - the originator of Information Theory
- Frederick A. Shannon (1921–1965), American biologist
- Shannon M. Richissin (born 1988), American student, Inventor of Toaster Strudel
Sportsmen
- Darryl Shannon (born 1968), Canadian hockey player
- Les Shannon (1926-2007), English football player and manager
- Mike Shannon (born 1939), American baseball player and journalist
- Randy Shannon (born 1966), American football coach
- Shannon (born 1975), one of many ring names of female American wrestler Shannon Spruill
Other
Geography and places
In the United States
- Shannon, Alabama
- Shannon, Georgia
- 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, County Clare, Ireland
- Shannon, New Zealand, a town
- Shannon, Quebec, Canada
- Shannon Airport, Ireland
- Shannon Falls, a waterfall in British Columbia
- Shannon Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Shannon Bay, now called Darrell Bay
- Shannon Lake, a community of Westbank, British Columbia, Canada
- River Shannon, Ireland
- Shannon Cave, a subterranean section of the River Shannon
- Shannon Pot, source of the River Shannon
Television
- Shannon (1961 TV series) starring George Nader (syndicated)
- Shannon (1981 TV series), starring Kevin Dobson (CBS)
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 (Formula One), 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 is an application of the noisy channel coding theorem to the archetypal case of a continuous-time analog communications channel subject to Gaussian noise
- One shannon, a.k.a. one bit of information
- Tell Shannon Her Crafts Are Ready, a song by American band HeavyHeavyLowLow
See also
- Shannon's Way, a novel
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