River Barrow | |
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![]() River Barrow at Bagenalstown, County Carlow | |
![]() River Barrow and nearby geography | |
Etymology | Proto-Celtic *boru- ("boil", "bubble") |
Native name | An Bhearú (Irish) |
Location | |
Country | Ireland |
Counties | Laois, Kildare, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford, Waterford |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Slieve Bloom Mountains |
• location | Glenbarrow, Laois |
• elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
Mouth | Celtic Sea |
• location | Waterford Harbour, Waterford |
Length | 192 km (119 mi) |
Basin size | 3,067 km2 (1,184 sq mi) (See text) |
Discharge | |
• average | 37.4 m3/s (1,320 cu ft/s) (See text) |
Basin features | |
River system | Three Sisters |
Tributaries | |
• left | Figile River, Finnery River, River Greese, Lerr River, Burren River, Mountain River, Pollmounty River |
• right | Owenass River, Madlin River, Ballyvalden River, Gowran River, River Nore, River Suir |
The Barrow (Irish: An Bhearú)[1] is a river in Ireland. It is one of The Three Sisters; the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore. The Barrow is the longest of the three rivers and, at 192 km (120 mi), the second-longest river in Ireland, behind the River Shannon. The catchment area of the River Barrow is 3,067 km2 before the River Nore joins it a little over 20 km before its mouth.[2] The river's long term average flow rate, again before it is joined by River Nore, is 37.4 cubic metres per second.[2] At the merger with the River Suir, its catchment area is ca. 5,500 km2 and its discharge over 80 m3/s.
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