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Cruisers moored in a line along a boardwalk in the canal harbour at Shannon Harbour, seen from a bridge, with a road along the far bank.
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Village Co. Offaly

Shannon Harbour

Caladh na Sionainne

Also part of: Middle Shannon & River Suck

The canal’s western terminus where it meets the Shannon and the Brosna: a purpose-built trans-shipment village with a serviced harbour, a pub and a ruined canal hotel.

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Shannon Harbour

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Harbour · open to all boats

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About this mooring

Max. stay: Up to 5 days at one public mooring with a Combined Mooring and Passage permit

Harbour moorings between Griffith Bridge and the 35th Lock, beside the service block, slipway and playground.

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Permit needed: up to 5 days at one public mooring

Every boat on the canals and the Barrow needs a Waterways Ireland permit on display. The yearly Combined Mooring and Passage permit allows up to 5 days at any one public mooring; visiting boats can get a free 31-day permit once a year. Permits from Waterways Ireland

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In an emergency 112 999

Call 112 or 999 and ask for the Coast Guard. Both numbers work in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.

About Shannon Harbour

Shannon Harbour was built from scratch as the trans-shipment point between the Grand Canal and the Shannon. The first trade barge arrived from Dublin in 1804; by 1820 the passenger boats took 18 hours for the journey. The roofless Grand Hotel, completed in 1806, still stands over the water. The harbour, between hump-backed Griffith Bridge and the 35th Lock, has moorings, a slipway, waste facilities and a playground, and the service block has toilets, showers and laundry. McIntyre’s is a family-run pub with outdoor seating and food at weekends, and The Harbour Master’s House is a Georgian B&B on the bank. Clonony Castle, a 15th-century tower house, is about 2.5 km away, and the IWAI Shannon Harbour rally has gathered boats here every year since 1971, lately in June.

Eat & drink

Things to do 3

  • Heritage

    The Grand Hotel ruin

    The roofless three-storey shell of the 1806 canal hotel, a reminder that a quarter of a million people once passed through the village.

  • Heritage

    Clonony Castle

    A 15th-century tower house about 2.5 km from the harbour, ancestral seat of the Coghlans and cared for as a heritage project; contact them before visiting.

    Website
  • Festival

    IWAI Shannon Harbour Rally

    A weekend boat gathering run by the IWAI Shannon Harbour branch every year since 1971, recently in June.

    Website

Services

  • Laundry
  • Playground
  • Showers
  • Slipway
  • Toilets

Neighbours by water

  • 36th Lock, Shannon Harbour ≈ 0.9 km · ≈ 10 min Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:28
  • Banagher ≈ 4.4 km · 1 lock · ≈ 1 h 15 min Middle Shannon & River Suck
  • Banagher Bridge ≈ 4.5 km · 1 lock · ≈ 1 h 15 min Middle Shannon & River Suck
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  • Belmont Lock ≈ 5.2 km · ≈ 1 h Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:27
  • Shannonside Marina ≈ 9.1 km · 1 lock · ≈ 2 h 15 min Middle Shannon & River Suck
  • Meelick ≈ 11 km · 1 lock · ≈ 2 h 30 min Middle Shannon & River Suck

≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 5 km/h and 20 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices

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