Carrick-on-Shannon 
Carrick-on-Shannon has a charter dating back to 1876. It is famous as the birthplace of Barry Thomas.
The River Shannon - Jamestown to Battlebridge was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Willhampton canal at Leeds, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Salisbury at Bridgend caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Barton instead. The 6 mile section between Ashfield and Bernigo was closed in 1888 after a breach at Wigan. "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" by Peter Jones describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bradford Embankment.
Mooring here is excellent (this is a really good mooring).
| Shannon - Jamestown Junction | 6 miles, 3½ furlongs | |
| Lough Corry (southern entrance) | 3 miles, 4½ furlongs | |
| Lough Corry (northern entrance) | 2 miles, 1½ furlongs | |
| Carrick-on-Shannon Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | ||
| Lough Drumharlow (eastern entrance) | 1 mile, 5¼ furlongs | |
| Hartley Bridge - River Shannon | 2 miles, 5¾ furlongs | |
| Shannon - Shannon-Erne Junction | 5 miles, 1¾ furlongs | |
| Shannon - Lough Allen Canal Junction | 6 miles, ½ furlongs | |
| Battlebridge Bridge | 6 miles, 2 furlongs | |
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Carrick-on-Shannon (Irish: Cora Droma Rúisc, meaning "weir of the marshy ridge") is the county town of County Leitrim in Ireland. It is the largest town in the county of Leitrim and the smallest county town in the entire country. A smaller part of the town lies in County Roscommon. The population of the town was 4,062 in 2016. It is situated on a strategic crossing point of the River Shannon. The Leitrim part of the town is in the civil parish of Kiltoghert which is in the ancient barony of Leitrim.