MARY: THIS IS THE RERIV SHANNON, IRELAND’S ANCIENT HIGHWAY. 212 MILES OF WATERY ROAD CUTTING RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS A ROAD LESS TRAVELED. IN FACT, EVENHE T COWS ALONG THE BANKS ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Irish heartlands put the emerald in the Emerald Isle — and the River Shannon, which flows from County Cavan to County Kerry, is its ...

Geography was my favorite subject in school and I remember relishing the task of drawing rivers on a blank map of Ireland. The Shannon was always first on the page, it’s long line headed from the ...

Take it slow on a boat trip down Ireland’s most storied waterway, which courses through the country’s green heart via millennium-old ruins, village pubs and scattered islets. Cruising along the River ...