Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon, Inishmore Island, Aughinish, River Fergus, Canon Island, Aille River, Trummer, Mount Callan. Excerpt: River Shannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia By tradition the Shannon is said to rise in the Shannon Pot, a small pool on the slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan, from where the young river appears as a small trout stream. Surveys have defined a 12.8 km immediate pot catchment area covering the slopes of Cuilcagh. This area includes Garvah Lough, Cavan, 2.2 km to the northeast, drained by Pollnaowen. Further sinks that source the pot include Pollboy and, through Shannon Cave, Pollahune in Cavan and Polltulyard and Tullyrrakeeragh in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The highest point in the catchment is a spring at Tiltinbane on the western end of the Cuilcagh mountain ridge. From the Shannon Pot, the river has a number of tributaries before replenishing Lough Allen at its head. The river runs through or between 11 of Ireland's counties. Lakes on the Shannon include Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. Tributaries of the Shannon include the rivers Inny, Suck and Brosna. Carrick-on-Shannon BridgeThe river began flowing along its present course after the end of the Ice Age. Vikings settled in the region in 10th century and used the river to raid the rich monasteries deep inland. In 937 the Limerick Vikings clashed with those of Dublin on Lough Ree and were defeated. In the seventeenth century, the Shannon was of major strategic importance in military campaign in Ireland, as it formed a physical boundary between the east and west of the country. In the Irish Confederate Wars of 1641-53, the Irish retreated behind the Shannon in 1650 and... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=92531We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Landforms of County Clare: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon. To get started finding Landforms of County Clare: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
30
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1158108974
Landforms of County Clare: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon, Inishmore Island, Aughinish, River Fergus, Canon Island, Aille River, Trummer, Mount Callan. Excerpt: River Shannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia By tradition the Shannon is said to rise in the Shannon Pot, a small pool on the slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan, from where the young river appears as a small trout stream. Surveys have defined a 12.8 km immediate pot catchment area covering the slopes of Cuilcagh. This area includes Garvah Lough, Cavan, 2.2 km to the northeast, drained by Pollnaowen. Further sinks that source the pot include Pollboy and, through Shannon Cave, Pollahune in Cavan and Polltulyard and Tullyrrakeeragh in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The highest point in the catchment is a spring at Tiltinbane on the western end of the Cuilcagh mountain ridge. From the Shannon Pot, the river has a number of tributaries before replenishing Lough Allen at its head. The river runs through or between 11 of Ireland's counties. Lakes on the Shannon include Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. Tributaries of the Shannon include the rivers Inny, Suck and Brosna. Carrick-on-Shannon BridgeThe river began flowing along its present course after the end of the Ice Age. Vikings settled in the region in 10th century and used the river to raid the rich monasteries deep inland. In 937 the Limerick Vikings clashed with those of Dublin on Lough Ree and were defeated. In the seventeenth century, the Shannon was of major strategic importance in military campaign in Ireland, as it formed a physical boundary between the east and west of the country. In the Irish Confederate Wars of 1641-53, the Irish retreated behind the Shannon in 1650 and... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=92531We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Landforms of County Clare: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon. To get started finding Landforms of County Clare: Islands of County Clare, Mountains and Hills of County Clare, Rivers of County Clare, River Shannon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.