Editing Shannon Development (section)

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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name     = Shannon Development
|type            = Former [[Public service bodies of the Republic of Ireland|state sgency]] of the [[Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment|Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation]]
|logo            = [[Image:Shannon Development Logo.jpg|200px|]]
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|formed          = 1959
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|dissolved       = 10 November 2014
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|jurisdiction    = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|headquarters    = Shannon Town Centre, Shannon, County Clare, Ireland
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|website         = [http://www.shannondevelopment.ie/AboutUs/ Shannon Development website]
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'''Shannon Development''' (legally the ''Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shannondevelopment.ie/AboutUs/LegalEntity/ |title=Legal Entity - Shannon Development |accessdate=2007-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129220557/http://www.shannondevelopment.ie/AboutUs/LegalEntity/ |archivedate=2007-11-29 }}</ref> formerly known as '''SFADCO''') was an important regional development body for the '''Shannon Region''' of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. Its area in the lower [[River Shannon]] basin comprised all of counties [[County Clare|Clare]], [[County Limerick|Limerick]], and the former [[North Tipperary]], as well as north [[County Kerry|Kerry]] and west [[County Offaly|Offaly]].  Its key founder was [[Brendan O'Regan]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.ie/world-news/brendan-oregan-26422357.html| work=[[Irish Independent]]| title=Brendan O'Regan A quite extraordinary and innovative businessman whose legacy will live on in the success of the Shannon region| date=10 February 2008}}</ref>

Shannon Development worked with, but was not an agency of, [[Forfás]].