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River Fane
Lough Ross, source of the Fane
EtymologyPerhaps "river of the ford of carts"
Native nameAbhainn Átha Féan (Irish)
Location
CountryIreland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLough Ross, County MonaghanArmagh
Mouth 
 • locationIrish Sea via Dundalk Bay
Length61.56 kilometres (38.25 mi)
Basin size350 km (140 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average15.39 m/s (543 cu ft/s)

The River Fane (Irish: Abhainn Átha Féan) is a river flowing from County Monaghan to Dundalk Bay in County Louth, Ireland.

Course

Estuary of the Fane

Originating in Lough Ross on the border of County Monaghan and County Armagh, and so of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the Fane flows east towards Dundalk Bay, straddling the border between Counties Monaghan, Louth and Armagh and flowing through Inniskeen and Knockbridge, before meeting Dundalk Bay near Blackrock in County Louth.

The Fane River is 38.25 miles long and drains an area of 350 km

Water extraction

The Fane is, through the Cavan Hill pumping station, a major source of fresh water for Dundalk and the surrounding area in northern Louth.

Pollution

Runoff from illegal fuel laundering operations, carried out in the region, is a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which have severely affected Atlantic salmon stocks in the region.

See also

References

  1. http://www.cfram.ie/otherprojects/IBE0700Rp0008_UoM06%20Hydrology%20Report_F02.pdf
  2. "Fly fishing in Dundalk. Salmon and trout fishing". Eastern Regional Fisheries Board. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  3. Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
  4. Jim Cusack (3 January 2016). "Provo diesel pollution wiping out salmon". Irish Independent.

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Rivers of Ireland
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Flowing north
Flowing to the Irish Sea
Flowing to the Celtic Sea
Flowing to the Atlantic
Tributaries of the Shannon
River names in italics indicate rivers which are partially or wholly in Northern Ireland, with the rest being wholly in the Republic of Ireland


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