What is recorded here

Weir is a post-medieval fish trap on the Shannon Estuary, County Clare, Ireland. Its L-shaped wattle fence stretched 105m along the shore and 24m into the water, guiding salmon and sea trout into its upstream-facing mouth as the tide fell. The structure turned the river's own current into a patient hunter, catching what the flood carried in and refusing to give back.

Situated c. 280m E of Bush Island on the Shannon Estuary. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 302) as a post-medieval ‘Large L-shaped structure (of post-and-wattle fence, vertical posts and downstream braces) immediately SW of Bush Island 13. Oriented N-S; flood fence 24m long, shore fence 105m long. Mouth faces upstream as ebb weir. July 2000.’ (O’Sullivan 2001, 206-7, 302, Bush Island 14) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 June 2019

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