River Anner
| River Anner | |
|---|---|
 Near Clonmel | |
| Native name | An Annúir (Irish) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Waterford Harbour via River Suir |
| Length | 37.8 kilometres (23.5 mi) |
| Basin size | 444.72 square kilometres (171.71 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 44.87 m3/s (1,585 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | |
The River Anner (Irish: An Annúir[2]) is a river in Ireland, flowing through County Tipperary, a tributary of the Suir.
Course[]
The River Anner rises south of Mullinahone and flows westwards to the north of . It passes under Melbourne Bridge and turns southwards, meeting the in Grangebeg. It passes under the R706 in Milltownbratton and meets the . The Anner passes under the Limerick–Rosslare railway line and then the N24 near Twomilebridge, draining into the Suir at Killaloan Lower.[3]
Wildlife[]
The River Anner is a noted salmon and trout fishery.[4][5][6]
Literature[]
The river is memorialised in a Charles Kickham poem, "She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenamon".[7]
References[]
- ^ "Appendix I Design Flows" (PDF). irish-surge-forecast.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "An Annúir/Anner River".
- ^ Borrington, Nigel (14 May 2013). "River Anner, Clonmel, County Tipperary".
- ^ "Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland".
- ^ "22 inch Anner trout puts up massive fight". 22 August 2014.
- ^ Kelly, Myles. "Brown trout genetics in the Suir Catchment - EREP - Fisheries Research".
- ^ http://www.countysongs.ie/song/she-lived-beside-the-anner[bare URL]
See also[]
Coordinates: 52°27′27″N 7°37′31″W / 52.457495°N 7.625242°W
Categories:
- Rivers of County Tipperary
- Ireland river stubs