PORTUMNA , on the north shore of Lough Derg, is a traditional market town and Shannon crossing point, happy to be cashing in on the upmarket tourism that drifts its way on the lough cruisers, yet still retaining a friendly and unpretentious character. Close to the shore stands the ruin of Portumna Priory , for the most part a fifteenth-century Dominican building, though its delicately arched cloisters are built around the remains of a much earlier Cistercian foundat... [More]