River Slaney
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| River Slaney | |
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| Etymology | Old Irish Script error: No such module "Lang"., "health"[1][2] |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Irish Sea |
• location | Wexford Harbour, County Wexford |
• elevation | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| Length | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
Basin size | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| • minimum | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| • average | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| • maximum | Template:Infobox river/calcunit |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | River Derreen, River Derry, River Bann, River Ballyedmond, River Sow |
| • right | Browns Beck Brook, River Clody, River Urrin, River Boro |
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The River Slaney (/ˈsleɪniː/; Template:Langx)[3] is a large river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford for 117.5 km (73 mi),[4] before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town. The estuary of the Slaney is wide and shallow and is known as Wexford Harbour. The catchment area of the River Slaney is 1,762 km2.[5] The long-term average flow rate of the River Slaney is 37.4m3/s[5]
Towns that the Slaney runs through include Stratford-on-Slaney, Baltinglass, Tullow, Bunclody, Enniscorthy and Wexford. The river is crossed by 32 road bridges and one railway bridge.[6]
Wildlife
Varied and plentiful wildlife can be found in the environs of the river. In Wicklow, herds of deer can be seen, as well as swans, dippers, mallards, herons and kingfishers. At dusk, bats, owls and otters may be seen, while the mudflats of the estuary are favoured by black-headed gulls, redshanks and oystercatchers.[7] The goosander can be seen on the Slaney at Kildavin. In season, salmon and trout and pike are fished.[8]
History
Ptolemy's Geography (2nd century AD) described a river called Μοδοννος (Modonnos, "mudflats") which may have referred to the River Slaney, though scholarly opinion remains divided on the issue.[9]
There is a reference to the Slaney in the Irish ballad Boolavogue,[10] commemorating the Battle of Vinegar Hill in the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
"Slaney Valley" was a 1972 Irish number one for Larry Cunningham.[11]
Tributaries
Tributaries of the Slaney include the River Derreen, the River Derry, the River Clody, the River Bann, the River Urrin, the River Boro, and the River Sow.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Slaney – IWAI".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."sláine". eDIL (An Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language). 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."An tSláine/River Slaney". logainm.ie. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
- ^ a b South Eastern River Basin District Management System. Page 38 Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Duffy, John. River Slaney, from source to sea, 2006, Template:ISBN, p.30
- ^ Duffy, p.19
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Slaney River Trust". Archived from the original on 2 January 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ireland" (PDF). www.romaneranames.uk. p. 3. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McCall, PJ 1898, (High Kings version). "Boolavogue Lyrics". bellsirishlyrics.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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External links
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