King's River, County Kilkenny, Ireland

(Redirected from Kings River (Ireland)) River in southeastern Ireland, tributary of the Nore

King's River
Kings River at Kells
Map showing the location of the Three Sisters rivers.
Location of the mouth in Ireland.
Native name	Abhainn Rí (Irish)
Location
County	Ireland
Counties	Tipperary/Kilkenny
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Slieveardagh Hills
• coordinates	52°35′22″N 7°33′32″W / 52.5894521°N 7.5587721°W / 52.5894521; -7.5587721

Mouth	River Nore
• location	Celtic Sea, as the River Nore
• coordinates	52°33′45″N 7°11′33″W / 52.5624522°N 7.192368°W / 52.5624522; -7.192368
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	46.27 kilometres (28.75 mi)
Basin features
Progression	River Nore—Celtic Sea
River system	River Nore/ Three Sisters

The King's River (Irish: Abhainn Rí) is a river in Ireland that flows through the counties of Tipperary and Kilkenny. It is part of the Nore catchment area and is a tributary of the River Nore.

Course

Overview

From the townland of Graigaman, in the civil parish of Buolick in the barony of Slievardagh, the King's River drains the southern side of the Slieveardagh Hills. Flowing southeast, it crosses into County Kilkenny where it is joined by the Munster River. It then passes through the town of Callan. Continuing eastwards, it passes Kells. To the west of Thomastown, it finally joins the River Nore.

Detail and tributaries

The King's River begins with the Coalbrook and Garranacoll streams. It carries on for over 70 kilometres (43 mi) where it is joined by the River Modeshil and River Munster over the next 60 kilometres (37 mi). The River Kilbride also joins after Callan. The next 40 kilometres (25 mi) sees the tributaries of Caherlesk and Desart streams, as well as the River Glory and the Stonyford stream. The King's River is then joined by the Ennisnag stream before flowing into the Nore.

Additional tributaries include one that starts as a spring in the townland of Ballyphilip, Balingarry Civil Parish, joining the river above Wilford, one above Enterprise Centre, near Ballingarry, and one at Rivergrove, Kilkenny.

Governance

The responsible local authorities are Tipperary County Council and Kilkenny County Council.

References

Footnotes

Sources

Fiontar (2008). "Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland.
Environmental Protection Agency (2019). "Subcatchment King's". catchments.ie. Environmental Protection Agency of the Government of Ireland.
Environmental Protection Agency (2018). "Nore Catchment Assessment 2010-2015 (HA 15)]" (PDF). catchments.ie. Environmental Protection Agency of the Government of Ireland.
catchments.ie. "EPA Catchments".

External links

Fiontar. "Abhainn Rí/Kings River". logainm.ie.
EPA. "Datasheet". catchments.ie.
EPA. "Map". catchments.ie.

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Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel Fergus Inny Maigue Mulkear River Nenagh River Suck
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52°51′N 7°27′W / 52.850°N 7.450°W / 52.850; -7.450

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