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Shannon (Irish: Sionainn) or Shannon Town (Baile na Sionnainne), named after the river near which it stands, is a town in County Clare, Ireland. It was given town status on 1 January 1982. It was given town status on 1 January 1982.
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 River Basin consists of the area containing Ireland's longest river, the River Shannon, and all of its tributaries and lakes.The official Ordnance Survey Ireland length of the Shannon from its Shannon Pot source is 224 miles (360 km) made up of 63.5 miles (102.2 km) tidal water flow and 160.5 miles (258.3 km) freshwater flow.
Table 2 shows the largest rivers in Ireland (by mean flow) in cubic metres per second. Some of the larger or better-known rivers of Ireland are shown on this map (large version). The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi).
Shannonbridge (Irish: Droichead na Sionainne) [2] is a village located on the River Shannon, at the junction of the R444 and R357 regional roads in County Offaly, Ireland.It lies within the townland of Raghra (Irish: Reachra), [3] at the borders of counties Offaly, Galway and Roscommon, with the majority of the population living east of the bridge in County Offaly.
The island is almost bisected by the River Shannon, which at 360.5 km (224 mi) with a 102.1 km (63 mi) estuary is the longest river in Ireland and flows south from County Cavan in the province of Ulster to form the boundary between Connacht and Leinster, and later Munster, and meet the Atlantic just south and west of Limerick.