River in southern Ireland, one of the Three Sisters
River Nore
River Nore in the City of Kilkenny.
Map of the Nore's course
Etymology
Old Irish: Eoir[1]
Native name
An Fheoir(Irish)[2]
Location
State
Republic of Ireland
Region
Leinster
Counties
Tipperary, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford
Physical characteristics
Source
Devil's Bit Mountain
• location
County Tipperary
Mouth
River Barrow
• location
New Ross, County Wexford
Length
140 km (87 mi)
Basin size
2,595 km2 (1,002 sq mi)[3]
Discharge
• average
42.9 m3/s (1,510 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system
Three Sisters
Tributaries
• left
River Suir
The River Nore (Irish: An Fheoir[əˈn̠ʲoːɾʲ])[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). Along with the River Suir and River Barrow, it is one of the constituent rivers of the group known as the Three Sisters.
Starting in the Devil's Bit Mountain, County Tipperary, the river flows generally southeast, and then south, before its confluence with the River Barrow at Ringwood, and the Barrow railway bridge at Drumdowney, County Kilkenny, which empties into the Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour, Waterford.
The long term average flow rate of the River Nore is 42.9 cubic metres per second (m3/s)[5] The river is home to the only known extant population of the critically endangered Nore freshwater pearl mussel, and much of its length is listed as a Special Area of Conservation.[6]
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