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River Awbeg | |
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River Awbeg at Castletownroche | |
Etymology | Irish: the small river |
Native name | An Abha Bheag (Irish) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Ballyhoura Mountains, County Limerick |
Mouth | Munster Blackwater |
• location | Bridgetown Abbey, Castletownroche, County Cork |
Length | 51.10 km (31.75 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 1.3 m3/s (46 cu ft/s)[1] |
Awbeg River (from Irish An Abha Bheag, meaning 'the small river')[2][3] is a river in the southern part of Ireland. It is a tributary of the Blackwater and flows into that larger river at a point in County Cork.