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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 .
Historically it has been called the Golden Vein.An early instance is an 1837 book by Jonathan Binns, a British government official, where he refers to the area as '"the golden vale" (more correctly the "golden vein")' [3] and states "The land is of excellent quality, being part of the golden vein of Ireland—a district reaching from Tipperary towards Limerick.
These include a well on the grounds of Blackwater Castle, in Castlewidenham townland near Castletownroche, which is close to a former sheela na gig site. [10] [11] Another such well, Knockanare Well in Knockanare townland, is on the left bank of the Awbeg river, about a half-mile east of Buttevant and southeast of the Ballyhoura Mountains. [12]
Munster Blackwater river in Coshmore and Coshbride. Barony map of County Waterford, 1900; Coshmore and Coshbride is coloured green, in the west. Sovereign state:
The IRD Duhallow LIFE SAMOK Programme was a conservation and restoration strategy for the protected and endangered species living in the Munster Blackwater SAC, including the River Allow. This project ran until 2015. [13] The restoration and conservation work has continued in this area with the Duhallow Farming for Blue Dot EIP Project. [14]
There are also multiple River Blackwaters, the most significant being the Munster Blackwater. [17] The river with the greatest output volume is the Shannon but the second-greatest volume is in the short but powerful River Corrib. [29] Lough Neagh, in Ulster, [21] is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain with an area of 392 km 2 (151 sq mi).
The River Bride (Irish: An Bhríd) is a river in counties Cork and Waterford in Ireland.It is a tributary of the Munster Blackwater.Rising in the Nagle Mountains, it flows eastward, passing through the towns of Rathcormac, Castlelyons, Conna and Tallow, before joining the Blackwater at Camphire, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Youghal.
The River Funshion (/ ˈ f ʊ n ʃ ən /; Irish: Abhainn na Fuinseann [1]) is a river in Munster, Ireland, a tributary of the Munster Blackwater. [2] Course