Thank you for visiting our ‘Barge of the Month’ page! The Barge Company spent the weekend of 3—6 March 2006 on the fantastic ‘Shannon Princess II’ barge that cruises the lower Shannon River in Ireland.

 We’re delighted to report that she is as spacious a barge as we have ever seen, with light, airy cabins, immaculate, gleaming bathrooms furbished with heaven-scented organic bath products, a huge open plan living room and dining saloon where you can spread out and soak up the restful ambiance, and a gloriously huge sundeck with plenty of room to spread out and ‘relax, unwind and let the world float by’ TM Originally she was built to accommodate 200 day-cruising passengers, and that explains the luxury of space that is felt on board. Now of course standards are much higher as she has been brilliantly transformed by very able husband and wife team Ruairi and Olivia Gibbons into the warm and welcoming luxury barge that she is today. As the largest barge to cruise the lower Shannon River she is certainly not lacking in creature comforts and the level of gastronomy and personal service on board is literally second to none.

For sample menus please click here (takes you to page two). For more detail on excursions and itinerary please click here (takes you to page three)

For more images of the barge please click here (takes you to page four).