Shannon RFC
| Full name | Shannon Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | IRFU | |
| Branch | Munster | |
| Nickname(s) | The Parish The Parishmen | |
| Founded | 1884 | |
| Region | Limerick | |
| Ground | Thomond Park (Capacity: 25,100) | |
| Chairman | Denis O'Driscoll | |
| President | Frank Sargent | |
| Coach | Neil Cronin | |
| Captain | Harry Long | |
| League | All-Ireland Div. 2A | |
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Shannon Rugby Football Club is the most successful club in the All Ireland League, having won the competition nine times. They hail from Limerick near the banks of the Shannon river. Shannon RFC is a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch. The club is one of the top amateur sides in Ireland has seen many of its players progress to professional and international rugby. The 1st XV plays in Division 2A of the All-Ireland League. While the women's side compete in Division 1 of the Munster League. Shannon RFC fields underage teams for boys and girls from u6s - u20s. In 2017 Shannon RFC became the first club in the country to field a girls u20 club side.