The Shell Guide to the River Shannon

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ERA-Maptec Limited,
36 Dame Street,
Dublin 2, Ireland
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Ruth Delany, Paul Kidney, Walter Borner.

© 1996 ERA-Maptec and Irish Shell.
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Contents

Foreword
• The Spacious Shannon Ruth Delany
• The Legend of the Shannon's Origin
• Prehistory and the Middle Ages Peter Harbison
• Early Modern Times Harman Murtagh
• The Shannon Navigation Ruth Delany
• Landscape of the River John Weaving and Daphne Levinge
• Flora of the River Daphne Levinge
• Fauna of the River Daphne Levinge
• Birds of the River John Weaving and Gerrit van Gelderen
• Fishing on the Shannon Hugh Gough
• Ireland's Inland Waterways Ruth Delany

Gazetteer

• Limerick to Lough Derg
• Killaloe to Portumna
• Portumna to Athlone
• Athlone to Roosky
• Roosky to Lough Key
• The Shannon-Erne Waterway
• Erne Navigation

Appendix

• Limerick to Killaloe
• Fishing Notes
• Flora of the River
• Fauna of the River
• Birds of the River
• General Information
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements