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unusual facts about Shannon, County Clare



48May

Hook and Jon went to Hamilton Boys' High School together, where Jon was head boy, while Stowers in the year above, was the lead singer in the band The Grinners (née Lyon), while Shannon Brown is well known on the New Zealand music circuit for his roles in bands such as Tadpole.

Battle of Áth an Chip

The Battle of Áth-an-Chip was a battle fought in 1270 between armies of the Kingdoms of Connacht and England near Carrick-on-Shannon in Ireland.

Burren Action Group

The Burren Action Group was a group of people from County Clare in Ireland who opposed plans during the 1990s by the Office of Public Works to develop a large scale interpretative centre at Mullaghmore in the local Burren area.

Channel South

Channel South is a cable television channel operating in Cork, Limerick, and parts of County Kerry, County Waterford, County Clare and South Tipperary since November 2008, Republic of Ireland.

Contention of the bards

The spark came in 1616, after the final annexation of the modern County Clare (containing part of the ancient kingdom of Thomond) to the Eberian province of Munster (whereupon the Earl of Thomond was appointed president of the province) and the death in exile of the last great Eremonian, Hugh O'Neill.

Crescent Shopping Centre

The main original part of the centre was built with a cross-type layout, with four malls (City Mall, Dooradoyle Mall, Garryowen Mall and Shannon Mall) running from a centre atrium.

Diarmuid Scully

After leaving university, Scully worked for five years as a technical support supervisor with Sykes Enterprises at their offices in Shannon.

Edward MacLysaght

The execution of close friends such as Conor Clune of Quin in November 1920 and the subsequent devastating raids on his farm resulted in his playing a far more active role in Sinn Féin as a loyal supporter of the new TD for Clare, Éamon de Valera.

Elizabeth Killigrew

Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon, wife of Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon and mistress of Charles II of England

Erin go Bragh GAA

The team took part in the Sean Walsh Hurling Tournament on 22 October in Carrick-on-Shannon in Leitrim.

Faulknor-class flotilla leader

They were returned to the friendly nation of Chile in 1920, at which point the Thornycroft type leader Rooke was renamed Broke to maintain this famous name (that of Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke of the Shannon) in the Navy List.

Georgetown Review

Past contributors include Doug Ramspeck, Sam Witt, Carla Panciera, Ernest Hilbert, Maraget Hoehn, Gregory Loselle, Shannon Sweetnam, Paula Younger and Emma Bolden.

Gus Cremins

With his team mate and fellow midfielder, the great Eddie Dowling, Gus helped the Shannon Rangers win the 1945 Kerry County Championship, thus putting him in line for the Kerry captaincy the following year.

Inula salicina

It only has a very restricted distribution is the British Isles, being confined to a small area of south central Ireland, around Lough Derg in north Tipperary and south-east Galway.

Irish Damselfly

The northernmost site is in Co Donegal at Lough Napaste north of Milford and the southern limit is on the eastern edge of the Burren in Co Claree at Lough Skeardeen near Boston.

Jim Shannon

Shannon was educated at Ballywalter Primary School and Coleraine Academical Institution.

Johnny Shannon

Shannon's most memorable roles include the gangland boss Harry Flowers in the cult film Performance (1970), Jack in That'll Be the Day (1973), the Agent in Slade In Flame (1975) and Peter Rachman in Scandal (1989).

Ken Christy

His first acting role was in the film Foreign Correspondent (1940) and his career ended with the television series Shannon (1962).

Lachin y Gair

:"Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin believe this tune may have been learned in County Clare from Scottish sappers in the 1830s who were sent to the region as part of the British survey of the country."

Louis Shannon

Shannon was raised in Vankleek Hill where his father was the editor of small newspaper.

Manville gun

The 1980 film The Dogs of War used a 26.5mm Manville Machine-Projector as the weapon of choice for the lead protagonist, Shannon (Christopher Walken).

Mary Xavier Molony

Baptised Belinda Molony to Francis and Catherine Maloney of Tulla, County Clare, she took the name Mary Xavier upon taking her vows as a Presentation Sister at Galway in 1825.

Merry Shannon

Shannon has published two novels and three short stories with LGBTQ publisher Bold Strokes Books.

Mitchell F. Jayne

Turning his talents to other venues, Jayne authored a weekly column in the Shannon County Wave, in his adopted Ozark hometown of Eminence, Missouri.

Mundy

In 2008 Mundy continually guested with Sharon Shannon's Big Band alongside Damien Dempsey and Shane MacGowan, turning up at The Glastonbury Festival as well as touring Ireland and the UK.

Mykel Shannon Jenkins

Mykel Shannon Jenkins (born July 3, 1969) is an American actor, perhaps best known as the winner of the first season of the SOAPnet reality television series I Wanna Be a Soap Star.

Peter C. Shannon

Shannon presided over the trial of Jack McCall for the killing of Wild Bill Hickok which resulted in the Dakota Territory's first legal hanging, and prepared the Criminal Code adopted by the Territorial Legislature in 1875.

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

The main communities are Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Donnacona, Lac-Beauport, Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Shannon, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Saint-Raymond, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, and Deschambault-Grondines.

Robert Shannon

Shannon had a white mother and black father, and started fighting in the streets as a young boy in Seattle's predominately black Central District, where he found kids who would start fights with him because he was white.

Rocking Horse Studio

The studios have been used by musicians such as greater Boston rock group The Double Yellow, Theodore Treehouse, The Lucid, Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola, Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, Christian Cuff, Might, Joe Mazzari, Sweden's Gustav & the Seasick Sailors, guitarist/producer Duke Levine, Tractor Trailer, Steve Blunt, Will Kindler, Chris Peters, Skamasutra, One Fine Morning, and Cure for Static.

Shannon Hosiery Mill

The Muscogee Board of Education purchased the Shannon Hosiery Mill property for $250,000.

Shannon McRandle

Shannon Lynn Jones was born on August 28, 1969 in Killeen, Texas, US, to Leonard Jones (stationed at Fort Hood, drafted into the army for the Vietnam War) and Barbara Kubiszewski Walsh.

Shannon O'Connell

Shannon O'Connell is an Australian boxer who has won the Queensland State female featherweight title and World Boxing Federation female featherweight title.

Shannon Ogden

Shannon Ogden is a weekday anchor, alongside Jeannie Blaylock and Donna Deegan, on First Coast News at WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida.

Shannon Powell

The sounds of the city of New Orleans and the Tremé neighborhood played an important role in Shannon Powell’s development, as did the multitude of musicians surrounding him but none more than Danny Barker.

Shannon, Mississippi

From 1998 until 2007, Shannon was home to Rumors, the gay bar featured in the Kevin Smith/Malcolm Ingram film Small Town Gay Bar.

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

The charity's patrons include Michael Palin and England Cricketer Michael Vaughan (his wife, Nichola Shannon, works as a management accountant for the Sheffield Children's Trust).

Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet

In 1925 he was a major opponent of the Shannon electrification scheme, describing it as "the poisonous virus of nationalisation".

Spectemur agendo

In Ireland, the motto also appear emblazoned upon the crest of the Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu, McAleer, Donnelly, Shannon and Mott family crest.

Telephone numbers in New Zealand

STD codes were assigned with larger areas having short STD codes (e.g. Auckland - 09), while smaller areas had longer STD codes and shorter local numbers (e.g. Shannon - 06927).

The Colleen Bawn

Sullivan took her out on the River Shannon near Kilrush, County Clare where he killed her with a musket, stripped her and dumped her body in the river, tied to a stone.

Thoor Ballylee

A native of Carron, County Clare, Hanley founded the society in 1961 to foster interest in the literary history of the district, especially that of Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn and W.B. Yeats.

Three Tuathas

It was divided into three kingdoms known as Cenél Dobtha between Slieve Bawn and the River Shannon; Corca Achlann to the west and Tir Briuin na Sinna to the north.

Toronto Huskies

Attendance quickly dwindled and the Toronto Star published an estimate that team owners Eric Cradock (co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes football team) and Harold Shannon lost $100,000 in one season of operations.

Ultrix

Absolutely key to bringing Unix to inside the company, DEC's Unix Engineering Group (UEG) was started by Bill Munson with Jerry Brenner and Fred Canter, both from DEC's premier Customer Service Engineering group, Bill Shannon (from Case Western Reserve University), and Armando Stettner (from Bell Labs).

Vanderpump Rules

Laura-Leigh makes a minor appearance in the 2013 movie We're the Millers and also was a recurring character on The Client List as Nikki Shannon.

Woodbrook House

In 1946, over fifty acres was sold to the local Carrick on Shannon Golf Club while the Land Commission subsequently divided the remainder.

WRSO

During this phase, "The Mancow Experience," "The Ed Tyll Show", "The Shannon Burke Show", "The Doc Show" with former WXXL morning host Doc Holliday; "Alex Jones, "The Todd Schnitt Show, "The Free Radicals" with hosts Whit Kincaid and John Kurtz; "The Train Wreck with Tim Vestite"; "The Nick and Artie Laing Show" and "The Phil Hendrie Show" all aired on the station at one time or another.


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