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River Boyne
  • An Bhóinn (Irish)
  • Abhainn na Bóinne (Irish)
River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne.
EtymologyProto-Celtic *bou-windā, "white cow"
Native nameAn Bhóinn (Irish)
Location
CountryIreland
RegionLeinster
CountiesKildare, Offaly, Meath, Louth
Physical characteristics
SourceTrinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury
 • locationCounty Kildare
 • coordinates53°21′07″N 6°57′25″W / 53.351906542854074°N 6.956809100021702°W / 53.351906542854074; -6.956809100021702
MouthIrish Sea
 • location
Between Mornington, County Meath and Baltray, County Louth
 • coordinates
53°43′18″N 6°14′17″W / 53.72173°N 6.23813°W / 53.72173; -6.23813
Length112 km (70 mi)
Basin size2,695 km2 (1,041 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average38.8 m3/s (1,370 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightRiver Blackwater
The River Boyne and Boyne Valley as seen from the Knowth passage tomb of Brú na Bóinne.

The River Boyne (Irish: An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 mi) long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington, County Meath, and Baltray, County Louth.

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