Research Catalog

Title

The River Shannon : a journey down Ireland's longest river / Aiveen Cooper.

Author

Cooper, Aiveen.

Publication

Cork : Collins, 2011.

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Description

250 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 25 cm.

Summary

This is the story of the Shannon, the longest river in Ireland, and its role in human lives. To many people what makes it special is the state of mind that comes from losing yourself on, in or near it. When Aiveen Cooper reached the Atlantic Ocean, she understood this.

Subject

• Cooper, Aiveen > Travel > Shannon River Valley
• Shannon River Valley (Ireland) > Description and travel
• Travel and Tourism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 The Shannon Pot to Lough Allen 9 -- 2 Drumshanbo to Carrick-on-Shannon 23 -- 3 Carrick-on-Shannon to Roosky 39 -- 4 Roosky to Lanesborough 53 -- 5 Lough Ree 61 -- 6 Athlone 75 -- 7 Clonmacnoise 87 -- 8 The Shannon Callows 103 -- 9 Clonmacnoise to Shannonbridge 115 -- 10 Shannonbridge to Shannon Harbour 122 -- 11 Banagher 129 -- 12 Victoria Lock 139 -- 13 Lough Derg -- Portumna 149 -- 14 Lough Derg -- Terryglass 161 -- 15 Lough Derg -- Mountshannon 173 -- 16 Killaloe-Ballina 181 -- 17 Killaloe to Ardnacrusha 193 -- 18 Ardnacrusha to Limerick 201 -- 19 Limerick 215 -- 20 The Shannon-Fergus Estuary 231.

ISBN

• 9781848891074 (hbk.)
• 1848891075 (hbk.)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library