The Shannon: In From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon: The St George estate, 1613-1864, Mairead Lynch charts the lives and times of the St George family who came into possession of the territory in the early 1600s
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As a fording point on the river Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon, the former O’Rourke stronghold of Cora Droma Rúisc, occupied a strategic position.
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