SHANNON, a river of Ireland, and the largest in that island. It rises in the county of Leitrim, running from north to south, and divides the provinces of Leinster and Connaught; it then turns south-west, runs through the province of Munster, passes by the city of Limerick, and falls into the western ocean between the counties of Clare and Limerick.
SHARE of a PLOUGH, that part which cuts the ground; the extremity forwards being covered with a sharp-pointed iron, called the point of the share; and the end of the wood behind, the tail of the share.