Cregg River

The Cregg River (Irish: Abhainn na Creige)[1] is a river in County Galway, Ireland. The river rises from a spring a half mile to the north of Cregg Mill, and flows for about seven miles into Lough Corrib. The upper stretch of the river is a nursery for fish stocking of Lough Corrib, while salmon and brown trout fishing is permitted on the lower stretches.[2]

Cregg River
Native name	Abhainn na Creige (Irish)
Location
Country	Ireland
District	County Galway
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Aughclogeen, Corrandulla, County Galway, Ireland
• coordinates	53°23′35″N 8°57′47″W
• elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Mouth
• location	Barranny, Lough Corrib, County Galway, Ireland
• coordinates	53°21′7″N 9°3′30″W
• elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Waterdale

The Cregg River once powered three watermills, of which the converted Cregg Mill is the remaining example. The three mills stood together around the Cregg Mill bridge. The bridge there consists of seventeen arches, but only one arch is currently used. The nineteenth century Ordnance Survey Ireland maps show that the river was much wider at that point.[3] However, due to artificial changes to the water level of Lough Corrib and the canalisation of the river, the river is now much narrower.