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SHANNON , the See also:principal See also:river of See also:Ireland. It flows with a See also:bow-shaped course from N. to S. and S.W., from the N.W. See also:part of the See also:island to its mouth in the See also:Atlantic on the S.W. See also:coast, with a length of about 240 in. and a drainage See also:area of ,4544 sq. m. Rising in See also:county See also:Cavan in some small pools at the See also:foot of Cuilcagh See also:Mountain, the Shannon crosses county See also:Leitrim, traversing the first of a See also:series of large lakes, Lough See also:- ALLEN, BOG OF
- ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
- ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
- ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
- ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
- ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
- ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)
Allen (9 m. in length). It then separates county See also:Roscommon on the right (W.) See also:bank from counties Leitrim, See also:Longford, See also:Westmeath and See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's County on the See also:left. In this part of its course it forms Loughs Boderg (7 M. See also:long), See also:Forbes (3 m.) and Ree (18 m.), and receives from W. the river See also:Boyle and from E. the Inny, while in county Long-See also:ford it is joined by the Royal See also:Canal. It now separates county See also:Galway on the right from King's County and county See also:Tipperary; receiving the Suck from W. and the Brosna from E., and forming Lough See also:Derg (23 m.). Dividing county See also:Clare from counties Tipperary and See also:Limerick, the Shannon reaches the See also:city of Limerick as a broad and See also:noble river, and debouches upon an See also:estuary 6o m. in length with a direction nearly E. and W. This divides county Clare on the right from counties Limerick and See also:Kerry on the left.
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A wide See also:branch estuary, that of the Fergus, joins from N., and the See also:rivers Mulkear, Maigne and Deel enter from S. From Lough Allen to Limerick, where the Shannon becomes tidal, its fall is 144 ft. With the assistance of See also:short canals the river is navigable for See also:light vessels to Lough Allen, and for small steamers to See also:Athlone; while Limerick is accessible for large vessels. The See also:salmon-fishing is famous; See also:trout are also taken in the loughs and tributary streams. Carrick-on-Shannon, Athlone, See also:Killaloe, and Castleconnel are favourite stations for sportsmen. The scenery is generally pleasant, and on the loughs, with their deeply indented shores and numerous islands, often very beautiful. These islands' are in several cases sites of See also:early religious settlements, while of those on the river-See also:banks the most noteworthy is that of the seven churches of See also:Clonmacnoise.
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