Town

Shannon

Sionainn

Shannon is a town in Clare. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationShannon52.70510° N · 8.87219° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

Sionainn · Irish · main form · validated name
Shannon · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Clare
Barony: Bunratty Lower
Civil parish: Drumline
Civil parish: Kilconry
Coordinates: 52.70510, -8.87219
Logainm ID: 5668 ↗

Population over time

Shannon — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

10,270people · 2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

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Shannon — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	9,729
2022	10,270

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Shannon, Clare — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement

Published census settlement populations

9,729people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

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Shannon, Clare — 2011 legal town and environs; 2016 census settlement — census population
Census year	Population
2011	9,673
2016	9,729

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016 · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Shannon, Co Clare — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

10,256people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

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Shannon, Co Clare — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	10,256

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Shannon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.