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Visitors to these pages who are planning a visit to Ireland may wish to acquire some of the documents listed on this page prior to arrival in Ireland. Below is a small set of links to sites on the web that may be able to help. East West Mapping This organisation operates a mail order service for walking maps and guidebooks for Ireland. They normally stock the Shannon Navigation Charts as well as guides to the Barrow, Grand and Royal Canals. They also stock all the 1:50,000 maps for Ireland and selected 1:25,000 maps including maps of Upper and Lower Lough Erne. Kennys Online Bookshop A bookshop specialising in Irish books and with a second-hand section. This can be useful given that some of the items referenced on this page are out of print. The provision of these links does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the IWAI of the businesses concerned. For additional information contact: Erne region: Fermanagh ONLINE This framed site includes the following two pages of particular relevance: Tourist Information Centre Enniskillen Walking Shannon region: Irish Tourist Board Please send comments to walker@iwai.ie about your experience with these organisations or links for other organisations that you found particularly helpful when sourcing material about the inland waterways of Ireland.
Maps: Office of the Admiralty - Chart 5078. 1844. Lough Ree. - Chart 5080. 1843. Lough Derg. CAUTION: These charts have not been corrected since first date of publication and should be used with caution. Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, Outdoor Pursuits Series 1:25,000 (These maps include submarine contours and navigation markers) - Lower Lough Erne - Upper Lough Erne Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 1:50,000 Series - Map 17, Lower Lough Erne - Map 20, Newry Canal, Lough Neagh to Poyntzpass - Map 26, Lough Allen and part of Shannon-Erne Waterway - Map 27, Upper Lough Erne and part of Shannon-Erne Waterway - Map 29, Newry Canal, Poyntzpass to Carlingford Lough Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Discovery Series 1:50,000 - Map 33, From Lough Key and Acres Lough to Lough Forbes The Shannon-Erne Waterway from Leitrim village to St John's Lough - Map 34, Section of Shannon-Erne Waterway between Ballinamore and Garadice Lough - Map 40, Lough Forbes to Cribby Islands, Lough Ree Royal Canal from Richmond Harbour to Foygh - Map 41, Royal Canal from Foygh to east of The Downs - Map 47, Cribby Islands, Lough Ree to below Shannonbridge - Map 48, Grand Canal from west of Derry Bridge to east of Daingean - Map 49, Royal Canal from west of McNeads Bridge to east of Kilcock Grand Canal from west of Rhode bridge to 15th lock Barrow Line from Lowtown to south of 22nd lock Milltown Feeder from Lowtown to Hill of Allen Naas & Corbally Branch from Grand Canal to Naas - Map 50, Royal Canal from west of Maynooth to Dublin Grand Canal from east of 15th lock to Dublin - Map 53, Shannon Harbour to Illaunmore on Lough Derg - Map 55, Barrow Line from north of Rathangan to river south of Athy Milltown Feeder from south of Hill of Allen to Pollardstown Fen Naas & Corbally Branch from Naas to Corbally Harbour - Map 58, South-west Lough Derg from Mountshannon to Killaloe and south to Ardnacrusha and Parteen - Map 59, Central Lough Derg including Williamstown, Dromineer, and Garrykennedy - Map 61, Barrow Line from south of Athy to Barrow River south of Muine Bheag - Map 68, Barrow River from south of Muine Bheag to confluence with River Nore - Map 76, River Barrow from confluence with River Nore to the sea		Outdoor Pursuits Series Map (42kb) Discovery Series Map (19kb)
Books: 1998. Guide to the Barrow Navigation of Ireland. 1995. Guide to the Grand Canal of Ireland. 1997. Guide to the Royal Canal of Ireland. The original versions of these guides were produced by the IWAI. Delany, Ruth. 1987. By Shannon Shores. Gill & Macmillan Delany, Ruth. 1992. Ireland's Inland Waterways. Appletree Press Delany, Ruth (Editor). 2000. The Shell Guide to the River Shannon. ERA-Maptec Ireland Fewer, Michael. 1997. Irish Waterside Walks. Gill & Macmillan Heery, Stephen. 1993. The Shannon Floodlands - A natural history of the Shannon Callows. Tír Eolas Parker, Noel., Keaveney, Eamonn. 25 Walks in Fermanagh. Fermanagh District Council Trodd, Valentine. 1985. Banagher on the Shannon - A Historical Guide to the Town. Pamphlets: Dixon, Hugh; Johnston, John. 1980. Enniskillen Castle. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. Fermanagh District Council. The Ulster Way (South-West Section) Forest and Wildlife Service. Lough Key Forest Park. Dublin Hamlin, Ann. 1984. White Island and Inishmacsaint. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. Meek, Marion. 1984. Tully Castle. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. Kenny, Liam; Sinnott, Eamon. Towpath Trails. County Kildare Vocational Education Committee MacGowan, Kenneth. 1991. Clonmacnoise. Kamac Publications O'Brien Gearóid. 1990. The Lough Ree Trail - Athlone. Westmeath Tourism Council O'Brien Gearóid. 1991. Athlone Tourist Trail. Athlone Chamber of Commerce Reeves-Smyth, Terence. Guide to Irish Castles Appletree The National Trust. 1981. Castle Coole. On the Web: Boyle Abbey http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/West/BoyleAbbey/ Castle Coole near Upper Lough Erne The National Trust - Castle Coole http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ Carrick-on-Shannon - Historical Walking Trail http://www.iol.ie/~gartlan/tour.htm Cavan and Leitrim Railway http://www.irish-railway.com/ Cloghan Castle http://www.goireland.com/offaly/cloghan-castle-attraction-castles-historical-id13368.htm Clonmacnoise: - Heritage Ireland - http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/Clonmacnoise/ - Moytura - http://www.moytura.com/clonmacnoise.htm - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonmacnoise Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway http://goireland.about.com/od/countyoffaly/gr/bog_railway.htm Crom Castle by Upper Lough Erne The National Trust - Crom Castle http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/srcarea.htm Enniskillen Castle http://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk/ King House at Boyle http://www.kinghouse.ie/ Lough Key Forest Park http://www.loughkey.ie/ Rindoon http://www.rindoon.info/ The Heritage Council has published a report Rindoon, Co. Roscommon: A Management Plan. Section 2 of this report is of particular relevance. It includes extensive information for on-line viewing about Rindoon and a number of detailed maps and diagrams. Strokestown Park near Grange Lough http://www.strokestownpark.ie/ Tully Castle by Lower Lough Erne Ireland's Eye - Tully Castle http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/attractions/castles/tully.shtm		by Ruth Delany (38kb) by Michael Fewer (35kb)

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