SHANNON-HARBOUR, a village, in the parish of
GALLEN, barony of GARRYCASTLE, KING'S county, and
province of LEINSTER, 3 miles (W.) from Cloghan;
containing 199 inhabitants. It is situated at the junction
of the Grand Canal with the river Shannon, and
near the Upper Brosna river, which falls into the
Shannon a little above it. Here is one of the stations of
the Inland Steam-Navigation Company, from which, on
the arrival of the canal packet-boat from Dublin, a
steamer starts for Portumna, Killaloe, and Limerick. In
the village, which in 1831 contained 33 houses, is a
station of the constabulary police.