Shannon River Basin District

The Shannon International River Basin District (IRBD) incorporates large areas of counties Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford and Roscommon as well as significant portions of counties Kerry, Galway, Leitrim and Cavan and small portions of counties Sligo, South Tipperary, Mayo, Cork, Laois and Meath. It is made up mainly of the catchments of the river Shannon and its tributaries: Suck, Inny, Brosna, Fergus, Maigue, Deel and Mulkear, along with most of the coastline of County Clare and one third of the coastline of County Kerry. The largest lakes in the district are Lough Derg, Lough Ree and Lough Allen.

Contact Details of the Shannon River Basin District Project Office are:

Shannon International River Basin District

Project Coordinator: Mr. Enda Thompson

Tel: 061 337914
Fax: 061 337920

Address: Shannon IRBD Project Co-ordinator, Shannon IRBD Project Office, Mulkear House, Newtown Centre, Annacotty, Co Limerick

Website: Shannon River Basin District

SWAN National and Local Groups operating in Shannon RBD are:

• An Taisce
• Bat Conservation Ireland
• BirdWatch Ireland
• Cavan Leitrim Environmental Awareness Network
• Coastwatch Europe Network
• Coomhola Salmon Trust
• ECO-UNESCO
• Friends of the Earth
• Friends of the Irish Environment
• Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association
• Irish Peatland Conservation Council
• Irish Seal Sanctuary
• Irish Water and Fish Preservation Society
• Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
• Irish Wildlife Trust
• Longford Environmental Alliance
• Save Our Lough Derg
• Save Our Lough Ree
• Shannon Dolphin and Wildlife Foundation
• VOICE