Synopsis

The Shannon, Ireland’s longest and most significant river, functions as both a divide and a route. A silver ribbon, it separates the wilder western landscapes from the gentler plains to the east. As it flows south, the Shannon traverses a diverse tapestry of rural scenery, sheltering in its hidden corners a remarkable array of Irish wildlife and flora, found nowhere else with such abundance. For a year, wildlife cameraman Colin Stafford-Johnson makes the river his home, camping along its banks a