Barrow
Sign in to savesecond longest river in Ireland, one of the Three Sisters
Key facts
- Etymology
- Proto-Celtic * boru- ("boil", "bubble")
- Native name
- An Bhearú ( Irish )
- Country
- Ireland
- Counties
- Laois , Kildare , Kilkenny , Carlow , Wexford , Waterford
- Source
- Slieve Bloom Mountains
- Location
- Glenbarrow, County Laois
- Elevation
- 350 m (1,150 ft)
- Mouth
- Celtic Sea
- Length
- 192 km (119 mi)
- Basin size
- 3,067 km (1,184 sq mi), (See text)
- Average
- 37.4 m /s (1,320 cu ft/s), (See text)
- River system
- Three Sisters
- Left
- Figile River , Finnery River , River Greese , Lerr River, Burren River , Mountain River, Pollmounty River
- Right
- Owenass River , Madlin River, Ballyvalden River , Gowran River, River Nore , River Suir
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- BarrowBagnel.jpg
- Length
- 192
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- River Barrow
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Mute swans on the River Barrow at Carlow
The Barrow (Irish: An Bhearú) is a river in Ireland. It is one of The Three Sisters, the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore. The Barrow is the longest of the three rivers and, at 192 km (120 mi), the second-longest river in Ireland, behind the River Shannon. The catchment area of the Barrow is 3,067 km before the River Nore joins it a little over 20 km before its mouth. The river's long term average flow rate, again before it is joined by River Nore, is 37.4 cubic metres per second. At the merger with the River Nore, its catchment area is ca. 5,500 km and its discharge over 80 m/s.