Ford

The National Monuments Service's description

The place-name 'Ess Danainne' (Dunass Rapids) on the River Shannon that is annotated on the 1938 ed. OS 6-inch map refers to a waterfall and is one of three waterfalls mentioned in the Triads of Ireland (Meyer 1906). This waterfall is located on the River Shannon between the townland of Hermitage and Doonass, Co. Clare. This waterfall may have been located beside or in the vicinity of a fording point on the River Shannon (Collins and Coyne 2003, 26-7). Archaeological features were uncovered by McCutcheon (2001) during testing of a portion of a wayleave for the Castleconnell rising main, which lay within the zone of archaeological potential for the possible fording point of the Shannon (Collins and Hayes 2001, 4).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 7 February

References

Collins, T. and Hayes, A. 2001 Archaeological excavation at Hermitage, Castleconnell, County Limerick. 01E0319. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Duchas, Dublin.

McCutcheon, S. 2001 Archaeological testing at Hermitage, County Limerick, as aprt of The Castleconnell Sewerage Scheme for Limerick County Council. 01E0319. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Duchas, Dublin.

Collins T. & Coyne, F. 2003 Fire and Water… Early Mesolithic Cremations at Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, in Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer 2003), 24-27. Wordwell.

Meyer, K. 1906 The triads of Ireland. Dublin. Hodges, Figgis, & Co. Ltd.