Entries tagged as River Shannon / Back home
Long neglected by most holidaymakers , County Cavan is slowly becoming more popular. Thanks to the redevelopment of the old Ballinamore-Ballyconnell Canal , linking the mighty Shannon waterway and Lough Erne this can be a wonderful way to visit County Cavan on Ireland tours. This new Shannon-Erne waterway weaves together streams , rivers , and lakesthrough 39 [...]
Inland county in the province of Leinster. After Leitrim , the landlocked county of Longford (421 square miles) is the second least populated county in Ireland, with 31,500 inhabitants. Primarily agricultural, the county has some light industry and textile production. The reputation of being of being a flat midland county is not really justified. The western part, [...]
Inland county in the province of Munster. The county, 1,064 square miles, has a population of approx 180,000. Very fertile areas of the county, especially in the east and center, are part of the “Golden Vale,” where dairy farming thrives. The Shannon forms the northern border of County Limerick for a total of forty-eight miles, almost until the [...]
The longest river in Ireland or Britain. The Shannon rises in the “Shannon Pot” in County Cavan …..It forms an estuary west of Limerick City…..and it flows into the Atlantic at “Loop Head” in County Clare. Its total length is 214 miles. Formerly an important north-south traffic artery , it is now used mainly for pleasure cruising. It [...]
On a tour of Ireland with Ireland Luxury Tours we try and find hidden gems like Clonmacnoise for you to enjoy. These extensive and impressive monastic remains stand in velvety, emerald water-meadows by a rushy bend in the River Shannon, a place of almost tangible stillness, especially at dawn or dusk. In earlier centuries it was [...]