Category Archives: Shannon

You are changing/said death to the maiden …

… your wan face
To memory, to beauty.

Thus Kathleen Raine, but not the list of licensed marked fuel traders [.xls] along the Shannon.

No change though you lie under …

… the land you used to plough, in your ruddy great tractor running on cheap diesel. No change either in the number of licensed sellers of said diesel [PDF] along the Shannon.

Rubbish

Dromaan

Dromaan

Refuse, it says: The Shannon Navigation has a policy of Leave No Trace. Take away litter and refuse and dispose of it properly.

Unfortunately Ryanair limits the amount of stuff a visiting tourist can carry home on an aeroplane.

 

Lake flights resume …

… at Mountshannon.

Kilkenny Civil Defence

Kilkenny Civil Defence training session on the Shannon

Kilkenny Civil Defence training session on the Shannon

The Shannon River in 1902

Last week I gave the dimensions of the Shannon River:

Length: 770 feet

Breadth: 3 feet 6 inches

Depth: 1 foot 3 inches

Longest straight stretch: 90 feet

Tunnels: 6, totalling 356 feet, the longest 100 feet.

I added that it had a monorail link.

And so it did, in Bombay in 1902, at Lady Northcote’s Fancy Fete and Shannon River Show, with boats, a mono-rail, frocks, shamrocks and Art. Irresistible.

It is not much matter …

… which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.

Thus, says Bagehot, William Lamb, 2nd Lord Melbourne, and thus, the same, the list of licensed traders in marked fuel along the Shannon.

IBRA list

The website for Boat Holidays Ireland, which included a list of members of the Irish Boat Rental Association, seems to have disappeared. I don’t know whether it has been replaced or whether IBRA members have ceased cooperation. I can’t find any useful information on the website of the Irish Marine Federation.

Courtesy flag

Proper order

Proper order

Sail

Heading towards Dromineer

Heading towards Dromineer