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Boat Hire and Travel Guide to the Shannon River in Ireland.

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The quiet village of Drumsna is on a hill overlooking the old loop of the river Shannon, and the Jamestown canal was originally constructed to bypass this loop and the shallows therein. The river is still navigable as far as Drumsna bridge, which was one of the few bridges not to be replaced by the Shannon Commissioners in the nineteenth century. The stretch of river between Drumsna and Jamestown is well worth exploring by dinghy.

The main Dublin to Sligo road once ran through this village, and even then the village managed to retain its old fashioned 'country village' character. The village has since been bypassed by a new main road.

The author Anthony Trollope was stationed here for a time, and it was here that he had the inspiration for his novel 'The MacDermotts of Ballycloran". The nineteenth century surgeon, and companion of Henry Morton Stanley on his exploration expedition in the African Congo, is buried in a small cemetery near here.

History

The Present day Church of Ireland church is believed to stand on the site of the eight century Annaduff Abbey, and ruins to corroborate this can be found in the graveyard at the church.

The loop of the Shannon at Drumsna has always been considered to be a point of strategic importance, as it is surrounded on three sides by fast flowing water, and the remains of ancient defenses can be found here.

This travel guide is available free of charge due to the travel agents commission taken on boat hire services on the river. Feel free to browse the site at your leisure - all we ask is that if you are taking a boating holiday on the Shannon, you book it through the Shannon River web site.