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The River Barrow at Bagenalstown, County Carlow

River Barrow

The River Barrow flows from County Laois to the Irish Sea at Waterford. At a hundred and twenty miles, it is the longest river in Ireland after the Shannon.

The source of the River Barrow is at Glenbarrow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois. On its course the Barrow passes through such towns and villages as Portarlington, Monasterevin, Athy, Carlow, Bagenalstown, Graiguenamanagh, and New Ross. It river forms a natural border between parts of the counties of Kilkenny and Carlow and Kilkenny and Wexford. (Read more)