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# Shannon

Michael Corbett Shannon is an American actor.

[Plan a trip to Shannon](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Shannon) [From Cork](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cork&to=Shannon)

## Every way there

- Cork → Shannon 94 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €12–17 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cork-to-shannon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cork&to=Shannon)
- Charlestown → Shannon 502 km · quickest by road, 8h 19m · $50–70 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/charlestown-to-shannon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Charlestown&to=Shannon)
- Dublin → Shannon 188 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · €22–31 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/dublin-to-shannon) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Dublin&to=Shannon)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Shannon, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Shannon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shannon)

What Shannon has

- Y Scheduled flights Shannon (SNN), 4 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 2 timetable feeds for this country, 1 with real-time
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

52.704°, -8.864°

Known for his forceful and intense style of acting, he has twice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for Revolutionary Road (2008) and Nocturnal Animals (2016). He received Actor Award and Golden Globe nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014).

How locals move

## Getting around Shannon the local way

- Go next Southbound is quickest via Limerick, but you could take the ferry across the estuary from Killimer to Tarbert.

From [Wikivoyage: Shannon](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Shannon), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Shannon), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: PunkToad from oakland, us (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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