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The gandelow is a traditional wooden fishing boat used on the River Shannon on the west coast of Ireland. The boat has been in use by fishing communities since at least the 17th century, [1] mostly for catching salmon and cutting reeds. The gandelow is a flat-bottomed boat about 7 metres long constructed by local craftsmen following traditional ...
Shannon Ferry Group (also known as Shannon Ferries) is an Irish private company that operates a ro-ro ferry crossing of the Shannon Estuary between counties Clare and Kerry.The company is based in Killimer County Clare, with the service operating between Killimer and Tarbert County Kerry.
The Shannon class prototype boat was completed late 2011 when active service was expected to start in mid-2013. In April 2011 it was announced the class would be named after the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland. This is the first time that the name of an Irish river has been used for a class of RNLI lifeboat.
The River Shannon (Irish: an tSionainn, Abhainn na Sionainne or archaic an tSionna [1]) is the major river on the island of Ireland, and at 360 km (224 miles) in length, [2] is the longest river in the British Isles.
The Shannon One Design sailing dinghy is an open centreboard sailing boat raced on the River Shannon, Lough Derg and Lough Ree in Ireland.The boats are 18 feet (5.5 m) long by 4 feet 10.5 inches (1.486 m) beam, drawing 4 feet (1.2 m) with her centreboard down.
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Ratty River, also named Owengarney River or O'Garney River, [3] Shannon tributary, connecting Sixmilebridge. River trade was largely destroyed by the building of the "D’Esterre’s Bridge" with tollhouses in 1784, which was too low for bigger ships and the narrow channel made navigation for smaller ship too dangerous.
The town of Enniskillen is mostly situated on an island in the river, between Upper and Lower Lough Erne. It is linked to the River Shannon by the Shannon–Erne Waterway. The total catchment area of the River Erne is 4,372 km 2. [4] The long-term average rate of the River Erne is 101.7 cubic metres per second (m 3 /s). [4]