Shannon may refer to:

People

* Shannon (given name) * Shannon (surname) * Shannon (American singer), stage name of singer Brenda Shannon Greene (born 1958) * Shannon (South Korean singer), British-South Korean singer and actress Shannon Arrum Williams (born 1998) * Shannon, intermittent stage name of English singer-songwriter

Marty Wilde Marty Wilde, (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, scoring several 1950s and 1960s hit singles including " E ...

(born 1939)

Places

Australia

* Shannon, Tasmania, a locality * Hundred of Shannon, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Shannon, a former name for the area named Calomba, South Australia since 1916 * Shannon River (Western Australia) * Shannon, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Manjimup * Shannon National Park, a national park in Western Australia

Canada

* Shannon, New Brunswick, a community * Shannon, Quebec, a city * Shannon Bay, former name of Darrell Bay, British Columbia *

Shannon Falls Shannon Falls Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is located from Vancouver and south of Squamish along the Sea to Sky Highway. The park covers an area of . The main point of interest is Shannon Falls, the thi ...

, a waterfall in British Columbia

Ireland

* River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland ** Shannon Cave, a subterranean section of the River Shannon ** Shannon Pot, source of the River Shannon ** Shannon Estuary * Shannon, County Clare, a town near Shannon Airport * Shannon Region, unofficial region in Ireland * Shannon, a sea area in the BBC's ''

Shipping Forecast The ''Shipping Forecast'' is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The for ...

'' weather report

United States

* Shannon, Alabama * Shannon, Georgia * Shannon, Illinois * Shannon, Kansas * Shannon, Kentucky * Shannon, Mississippi * Shannon, North Carolina * Shannon, Texas *

Shannon County, Missouri Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,031. Its county seat is Eminence. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and was named in honor of ...

* Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, formerly known as Shannon County * Shannon River (Minnesota) * Shannon Creek, a stream near North Cascades National Park, Washington * Lake Shannon, a reservoir in Whatcom County, Washington

Elsewhere

* Shannon, New Zealand * Shannon Island, Greenland

Arts and entertainment

* ''Shannon'' (1961 TV series), starring George Nader (syndicated) * ''Shannon'' (1981 TV series), starring Kevin Dobson (Columbia Broadcasting System) * "Shannon" (song), a song by Henry Gross

Organisations

* Shannon Development, a development company in Ireland * Shannon Racing, a defunct motor racing team * Shannon Racing Cars, a defunct Formula One constructor *

Shannon RFC Shannon Rugby Football Club is the most successful club in the All Ireland League, having won the competition nine times. They hail from Limerick near the banks of the Shannon river. Shannon RFC is a member of the '' Irish Rugby Football Union ...

, a rugby club in Limerick

Transportation

* Shannon Airport, Ireland *

Shannon (locomotive) ''Shannon'' is a steam locomotive, built in 1857 by George England, George England and Co. for the Potton railway station#Sandy and Potton Railway, Sandy and Potton Railway and is now preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre. History The locom ...

, an 0-4-0WT steam locomotive built in 1857 * Shannon-class lifeboat, a British type of lifeboat

Other uses

Earl of Shannon Earl of Shannon is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1756 for the prominent Irish politician Henry Boyle, who served as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer. The earldom is named a ...

, a title in the Irish peerage * , several Royal Navy ships * Shannon (horse) (1941–1955), Australian Hall-of-Fame racehorse * Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, an Irish university *

shannon (unit) The shannon (symbol: Sh) is a unit of information named after Claude Shannon, the founder of information theory. IEC 80000-13 defines the shannon as the information content associated with an event when the probability of the event occurring i ...

, the information content of one bit * Shannon, a satellite - see Lynk Global