River Anner Explained

River Anner
Length:	37.8km (23.5miles)
Basin Size:	444.72km2^[1]
Discharge1 Avg:	44.87m3/s
Tributaries Right:	Clashawley River

The River Anner (Irish: An Annúir^[2]) is a river in Ireland, flowing through County Tipperary, a tributary of the Suir.

Course

The River Anner rises south of Mullinahone and flows westwards to the north of Knockahunna. It passes under Melbourne Bridge and turns southwards, meeting the Clashawley River in Grangebeg. It passes under the R706 in Milltownbratton and meets the River Moyle. The Anner passes under the Limerick–Rosslare railway line and then the N24 near Twomilebridge, draining into the Suir at Killaloan Lower.^[3]

Wildlife

The River Anner is a noted salmon and trout fishery.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Literature

The river is memorialised in a Charles Kickham poem, "She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenamon".^[7]

See also

• Rivers of Ireland

52.4575°N -7.6252°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Appendix I Design Flows . irish-surge-forecast.ie . 18 October 2021.
2. Web site: An Annúir/Anner River.
3. Web site: River Anner, Clonmel, County Tipperary. Nigel. Borrington. 14 May 2013.
4. Web site: Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland..
5. Web site: 22 inch Anner trout puts up massive fight. 22 August 2014.
6. Web site: Brown trout genetics in the Suir Catchment - EREP - Fisheries Research. Myles. Kelly.
7. Web site: Archived copy . 13 November 2016 . 14 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161114085745/http://www.countysongs.ie/song/she-lived-beside-the-anner . dead .