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Re: Meaning and origin of Shandon
by Anneza (guest)
4/26/2005, 12:00 AM
in reply to a message by Brooklyn
Shannon with a D, probably!
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- Chrisell   +2
4/26/2005, 12:04 AM
Or a mashing-together of Shannon and Brandon.
♦ Chrisell ♦All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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- Anneza (guest)   +1
4/26/2005, 1:36 AM
Some daft Brit wrote a poem about the river Shannon (19th century I imagine) and stuck a D into it - Shandon - so that he could rhyme it with the bells that sound so *grand on* the *land on* either side, or something equally odd. So maybe there's a link, or just great minds thinking alike ... !
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- Granuaile (guest)
5/3/2005, 10:47 AM
Shandon is a area in Cork city.This is what the song is about not the Shannon.Shandon probably means "Old Fort" -Sean Dún.
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