2006

N0318 : The Harbour Master's House, Shannon Harbour

taken 18 years ago, near to Shannon Harbour, Co Offaly, Ireland

The Harbour Master's House, Shannon Harbour
The Harbour Master's House, Shannon Harbour
This building is now a Guest House. A purpose built village, Shannon Harbour was designed, constructed and operated as a trans shipping centre. Situated on the Grand Canal at its terminus where it joins the Shannon at the mouth of the Brosna river. Shannon Harbour was original, a town constructed to meet the requirements of accommodation and storage of its lifeblood, the Grand Canal.
Built in 1830, Shannon Harbour was once a thriving and vital place. Over 250,000 people used the canal passenger barges, many of them to emigrate from Limerick and Cobh, to America, Canada and Australia.

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Category: Guest houses
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Grand Canal [5] · Thriving [3] · Village [2] · Building [2] · House [2] ·
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N0318, 13 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Brian Shaw   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 4 May, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 10 May, 2006
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! N 03 18 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 53:13.0304N 7:56.9006W
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for N0318)
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