Loading

  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Colligan River
The Colligan River (Irish: Abhainn Choilligeáin) is a fast-flowing river in Ireland, flowing through County Waterford. It is reputed to be one of the fastest in Europe.

Course

The Colligan River rises in the Monavullagh Mountains, flows southwards under the Scart Bridge, passes under the N72 at Kildangan, and then turns eastwards into a wide estuary at Dungarvan. It is bridged by the N25 (The Bypass) and R911 (The Causeway) before entering the Celtic Sea.

Recreation

The Colligan River is a noted salmon and trout fishery. It is also used for whitewater kayaking.

Parish

Colligan gives its name to a civil parish northeast of Dungarvan in the barony of Decies-without-Drum. There was formerly a roughly coterminous Catholic parish in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, which gave its name to Colligan–Emmets GAA club. The Catholic parish was later merged with Kilgobinet parish.

References

  1. ^ "South Eastern CFRAM Study HA17 Hydraulics Report - Dungarvan Model" (PDF). 13 August 2015.
  2. ^ "South Eastern CFRAM Study - HA17 Hydrology Report" (PDF). 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Abhainn Choilligeáin/Colligan River". logainm.ie.
  4. ^ "River Colligan". salmonireland.com.
  5. ^ "Colligan Wood - Greenane Loop - Activities - Walking - Looped Walks - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Waterford - Dungarvan". Discover Ireland.
  6. ^ "Fishing and Angling in Waterford Ireland". waterfordcottages.com.
  7. ^ "The Schools' Collection » Cullen, Tiobraid Árann".
  8. ^ Hearne, Nancy. "Man prosecuted for illegal netting of salmon on the river Colligan, Dungarvan. - Press releases - About us". fisheriesireland.ie.
  9. ^ "Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland". fishinginireland.info.
  10. ^ www.irishwhitewater.com. "Colligan River Waterford". Irish WhiteWater.
  11. ^ "Coilligeán/Colligan". logainm.ie. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ^ Power, Patrick (1937). Waterford and Lismore: a compendious history of the united diocese. Cork University Press. pp. 187, 189.
  13. ^ "Parishes | Kilgobinet". Diocese of Waterford & Lismore. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

See also

52°12′50″N 7°36′01″W / 52.213932°N 7.600216°W / 52.213932; -7.600216


This article related to a river in Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colligan_River&oldid=1214033056"