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The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi). The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. Of these, Lough Derg is the largest. The Shannon enters the Atlantic Ocean at the Shannon Estuary. Other major rivers include the River Liffey, River Lee, River Swilly ...
Rivers that flow through Northern Ireland are marked with an asterisk (*). There are over 70,000 km of waterways in the Republic of Ireland contained in 3,192 river water bodies including rivers, streams, and tributaries. [1] The major rivers have their length (in miles and kilometres) given. Also shown are two tables. Table 1 shows the longest ...
The River Shannon (Irish: Abhainn na Sionainne, an tSionainn, an tSionna) is the major river on the island of Ireland, and at 360 km (224 miles) in length, [1] is the longest river in the British Isles. [2][3] It drains the Shannon River Basin, which has an area of 16,900 km 2 (6,525 sq mi), [4] – approximately one fifth of the area of Ireland.
The River Liffey (Irish: An Life, historically An Ruirthe (a)ch) is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water and supports a range of recreational ...
7 June 1996. Reference no. 836 [1] The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater (Irish: An Abhainn Mhór, The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry and then flows in an easterly direction across County Cork through the towns of Mallow and Fermoy.
River Suir. The River Suir (/ ʃʊər / SHOOR; Irish: an tSiúr [ənʲ ˈtʲuːɾˠ] or Abhainn na Siúire [ˌəun̠ʲ n̪ˠə ˈʃuːɾʲə]) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean through Waterford after a distance of 185 kilometres (115 mi). [2] The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km 2. [3]
The River Lagan (from Irish Abhainn an Lagáin 'river of the low-lying district'; Ulster Scots: Lagan Wattèr) [1] is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs 53.5 mi (86.1 km) [2] from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The Lagan forms much of the border between ...
The River Nore (Irish: An Fheoir [ə ˈn̠ʲoːɾʲ]) [2] is one of the principal rivers (along with the River Suir and River Barrow) in the South-East Region of Ireland.The 140-kilometre-long (87 mi) river drains approximately 2,530 square kilometres (977 sq mi) of Leinster and Munster, [4] [5] that encompasses parts of three counties (Tipperary, Laois, Kilkenny).