Mulkear River - Misplaced Pages

Tributary of the Shannon in western Ireland

Mulcair Mulkear
River Mulcair Weir, Annacotty

Etymology	Irish maol + cearn, "obtuse angle"
Native name	An Mhaoilchearn (Irish)
Location
Country	Ireland
Physical characteristics

Source	Slieve Felim Mountains Silvermine Mountains

Mouth	River Shannon
• coordinates	52°40′50″N 08°32′45″W / 52.68056°N 8.54583°W / 52.68056; -8.54583
• elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Length	21.5 km (13.4 mi)
Basin size	650 km (250 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	12.55 m/s (443 cu ft/s)

Basin features
River system	Shannon
Tributaries
• right	River Slievenohera

The River Mulcair, or Mulkear, rises in the Slieve Felim Mountains and Silvermine Mountains in Ireland, and flows through the east of County Limerick before joining the River Shannon near Annacotty. It flows through Counties Limerick and Tipperary. The principal tributaries are the Dead River, the Bilboa River and the Newport River (Tipperary).

The River Mulcair is an Atlantic salmon and brown trout river with a 1 March to 30 September fishing season. The river is currently designated as catch and release for salmon.

References

"Mulcair(Mulkear) LIFE The Mulcair River » Mulcair(Mulkear) LIFE". mulkearlife.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
"River Mulcair Guide - Salmon Rivers - Salmon Ireland". Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
"The Mulcair River is currently Catch & Release – Mulcair(Mulkear) Anglers". mulkearanglers.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

v t e River Shannon, Ireland (Basin)
Counties	Cavan Leitrim Roscommon Longford Westmeath Offaly Galway Tipperary Clare Limerick
Settlements	Dowra Ballinaglera Drumshanbo Carrick-on-Shannon Jamestown Drumsna Dromod Roosky Tarmonbarry Lanesborough-Ballyleague Athlone Shannonbridge Banagher Killaloe Limerick City
Major tributaries	Abbey Boyle Brosna Deel Inny Maigue Mulkear Nenagh Suck
Flows into	Shannon Estuary Atlantic Ocean
Linked canals	Shannon–Erne Waterway Jamestown Canal River Suck canal Boyle canal Lecarrow Canal Royal Canal Grand Canal Headrace canal (Ardnacrusha)
Major crossings	Dowra Bridge Carrick Bridge Jamestown Bridge Drumsna Bridge Roosky Bridge Termonbarry Bridge N6 Athlone bypass Shannonbridge Banagher bridge Portumna bridge Killaloe Bridge The Living Bridge University Bridge O'Briensbridge Shannon Bridge Limerick Tunnel Shannon Ferry All crossings of the River Shannon

v t e Rivers of Ireland
List
Flowing north	Bann Bush Faughan Foyle Roe
Flowing to the Irish Sea	Avoca Boyne Broadmeadow Ward Castletown Dargle Glencullen Fane Glyde Dee Lagan Liffey Morell Rye Camac Poddle Dodder Mayne Naniken Newry Quoile Santry Shanganagh River Slaney Tolka Vartry
Flowing to the Celtic Sea	Bandon Blackwater Lee Mahon The Three Sisters Barrow Nore Suir
Flowing to the Atlantic	Ballisodare Caragh Clare Corrib Erne Eske Feale Inny Laune Ferta Maine Moy Robe Shannon Swilly
Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel Fergus Inny Maigue Mulkear River Nenagh River Suck
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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