Colligan River Explained

Colligan River
Length:24km (15miles)
Basin Size:108km2[1]
Discharge1 Avg:33.1m3/s[2]

The Colligan River (Irish: Abhainn Choilligeáin[3]) is a fast-flowing river in Ireland, flowing through County Waterford.[4] [5] It is reputed to be one of the fastest in Europe.[6] [7]

Course

The Colligan River rises in the Monavullagh Mountains, flows southwards under the Scart Bridge, passes under the N72 at Kildangan, and then turns eastwards into a wide estuary at Dungarvan. It is bridged by the N25 (The Bypass) and R911 (The Causeway) before entering the Celtic Sea.

Recreation

The Colligan River is a noted salmon and trout fishery.[8] [9] It is also used for whitewater kayaking.[10]

Parish

Colligan gives its name to a civil parish northeast of Dungarvan in the barony of Decies-without-Drum.[11] There was formerly a roughly coterminous Catholic parish in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore,[12] which gave its name to Colligan–Emmets GAA club. The Catholic parish was later merged with Kilgobinet parish.[13]

See also

52.2139°N -7.6002°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Eastern CFRAM Study HA17 Hydraulics Report - Dungarvan Model. 13 August 2015.
  2. Web site: South Eastern CFRAM Study - HA17 Hydrology Report. 12 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Abhainn Choilligeáin/Colligan River. logainm.ie.
  4. Web site: River Colligan. salmonireland.com.
  5. Web site: Colligan Wood - Greenane Loop - Activities - Walking - Looped Walks - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Waterford - Dungarvan . Discover Ireland.
  6. Web site: Fishing and Angling in Waterford Ireland. waterfordcottages.com.
  7. Web site: The Schools' Collection » Cullen, Tiobraid Árann.
  8. Web site: Man prosecuted for illegal netting of salmon on the river Colligan, Dungarvan. - Press releases - About us. Nancy. Hearne. fisheriesireland.ie.
  9. Web site: Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland.. fishinginireland.info.
  10. Web site: Colligan River Waterford. www.irishwhitewater.com. Irish WhiteWater.
  11. Web site: Coilligeán/Colligan . logainm.ie . 14 December 2023 . en.
  12. Book: Power . Patrick . Waterford and Lismore: a compendious history of the united diocese . 1937 . Cork University Press . 187, 189.
  13. Web site: Parishes Kilgobinet . Diocese of Waterford & Lismore . 14 December 2023.

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