Mulkear River

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Mulkear
River
River Mulkear Weir, Annacotty
Country	Ireland

Mouth
- elevation	8 m (26 ft)
- coordinates	52°40′50″N 08°32′45″W / 52.68056°N 8.54583°W / 52.68056; -8.54583

Length	21.5 km (13 mi)
Basin	650 km² (251 sq mi)

The Mulkear River, or Mulcair, rises in the Slievefelim and Silvermine Mountains in Ireland, flows through the east of County Limerick before joining the River Shannon near Annacotty. It flows through Counties Limerick and North Tipperary. The principal tributaries are the Dead River, the Bilboa River and the Newport River (Tipperary).^[1]

The Mulkear River is salmon and brown trout river, so from 1 March to 30 September, there is fishing season.^[2]

References

v t e Rivers of Ireland

List

Flowing north	Bann Bush Foyle Roe

Flowing to the Irish Sea	Avoca Boyne Camac Castletown Dargle Dodder Fane Lagan Liffey Naniken Newry Poddle Quoile Santry Slaney Tolka Vartry

Flowing to the Celtic Sea	Bandon Blackwater Lee Mahon The Three Sisters Barrow Nore Suir

Flowing to the Atlantic	Clare Corrib Erne Eske Feale Ferta Fergus Moy Robe Shannon Swilly

Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel 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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