The story of Limerick city and county is in many ways the story of the Shannon Estuary, for in times past it was the convenient access provided by Ireland's largest estuary - it is 80 kilometres in length - which encouraged the development of life along the estuary’s sea shores, and into the fresh water of the River Shannon itself.
Today, the area's national and global transport is served by air, sea and land through Shannon International Airport, the increased use of the Estuary through the development of Foynes Port and other deepwater facilities, improvement and restoration of rail links, and a rapidly expanding but inevitably busy road network which is being augmented by a tunnel under the Shannon Estuary immediately seaward of Limerick city...
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