River Anner
The River Anner (Irish: An Annúir[2]) is a river in Ireland, flowing through County Tipperary, a tributary of the Suir.
| 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 | Clashawley River |
Course
The River Anner rises south of Mullinahone and flows westwards to the north of Knockahunna. It passes under Melbourne Bridge and turns southwards, meeting the Clashawley River in Grangebeg. It passes under the R706 in Milltownbratton and meets the River Moyle. The Anner passes under the Limerick–Rosslare railway line and then the N24 near Twomilebridge, draining into the Suir at Killaloan Lower.[3]
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".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
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