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River in County Carlow, Ireland

Burren River
View from Ballinacarrig Bridge
Etymologyrocky land
Native nameAn Bhoirinn (Irish)
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnorth face of Mount Leinster
Mouth 
 • locationCeltic Sea via River Barrow
Length39 km (24 mi)
Basin size154 km (59 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average0.476 m/s (16.8 cu ft/s)

The Burren River is a river in Ireland, flowing through County Carlow.

Course

Headwaters of the Burren River on Mount Leinster.

The Burren River rises on the north face of Mount Leinster and flows northward under the R724 (Ullard Bridge, west of Fenagh) and under the N80. It continues northward through Rathtoe meeting the Aghalona River in Inchisland and turns westwards, passing under the M9 in Moyle Big. The Burren River goes under the N80 again at Ballinacarrig Bridge. It flows through the southern part of Carlow town and passes under the railway line, R448 and R417 (Burrin Street) and then drains into the River Barrow.

Wildlife

Fish species include brown trout, three-spined stickleback, nine-spined stickleback, Atlantic salmon, stone loach, common bream, roach, perch and lamprey.

See also

References

  1. "Publications" (PDF).
  2. Babiarczyk, Ewa (3 December 2009). "Application for a Waste Water Discharge Licence from Carlow County Council, for the agglomeration named Fenagh, Reg. No. D0246-01" (PDF). EPA.
  3. Carlow: History & Society : Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County. Geography Publications. 1 January 2008. ISBN 9780906602386 – via Google Books.
  4. Joyce, Patrick Weston; Sullivan, Alexander Martin (1 January 1902). "A Comprehensive Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland [and] General History". Murphy & McCarthy – via Google Books.
  5. "Carlow".
  6. Joyce, Patrick Weston (1 January 1883). "The geography of the counties of Ireland" – via Google Books.
  7. "South Eastern River Basin District Rivers Report 2009" (PDF). The Central and Regional Fisheries Boards.
  8. Services, Prebait Angling. "Coarse Fishing, Burren River, Carlow, Ireland. Coarse Angling, Burren River, Carlow, Ireland".
Rivers of Ireland
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Flowing north
Flowing to the Irish Sea
Flowing to the Celtic Sea
Flowing to the Atlantic
Tributaries of the Shannon
River names in italics indicate rivers which are partially or wholly in Northern Ireland, with the rest being wholly in the Republic of Ireland

52°38′20″N 6°47′00″W / 52.639000°N 6.783363°W / 52.639000; -6.783363


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