Terry Shannon (born 12 June 1962) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a former Lord Mayor of Cork.

He has served on Cork City Council since 1999, representing the South East electoral area.

[1] Prior to his election to the council, Shannon was a member of the Fianna Fáil National Youth Committee[broken anchor], chairperson of Cork North Central Ógra, and election agent to TD Micheál Martin.

[2] Shannon topped the poll in his first city council election with a 14.2% share of the vote.

He was elected to the office of Lord Mayor on 24 June 2011, having previously served as Deputy Lord Mayor in 2009.