Richard Nairn: There is a legend that all the Irish rivers were created by a single hailstorm ... Even the names of Irish rivers have their origins in folklore. (via IrishTimesCultr)
Sat May 6 2023 - 05:00
When I stand beside the clear bubbling water of the river that flows through our farm in Co Wicklow, I look up to the hill where it rises, a rocky summit covered in heather and gorse. Here the water trickles from springs and boggy hollows to coalesce in several small streams that eventually form a single channel. Generations of local farmers used the river to water their livestock and drained their wetter fields to ensure that the water ran more quickly down the slope.
In the midst of the pandemic, I decided to get to know the entire Avonmore river in Co Wicklow, all of its tributaries, the lakes that are fed by the rivers and the beautiful habitats that fill many of the valleys. The main channel of the river is some 65 kilometres in length. Downstream of the Meeting of the Waters it is known as the Avoca River.
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