A trio of photos to close out this weeks theme of cruising the River Shannon, Irelands historic marine thoroughfare, once used by Viking conquerors, missionaries and traders, and now plied primarily by pleasure craft. The river stretches some 360.5 kilometres (224 miles), dividing the west of Ireland from the east and south with less than 30 bridges in total. Named after the Celtic Goddess Sionna, the river was first mapped by the Graeco-Egyptian geographer Ptolemy, who lived from the year 90 to 168. He certainly was a long way from his home in Alexandria, Egypt. The River actually ends in Limerick, where it becomes the Shannon Estuary, mixing with seawater for the 113 kilometer (70 mile) journey to the Atlantic Ocean.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:20:27 +0000
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