River Dinin
The River Dinan, Deen or Dinin is a river 24½ miles long flowing through County Kilkenny and County Laois.[1] The name of the river is from the Gaelic dianan, meaning "fast/rapid river, flood".[2]
Course
The Dinan rises in the south-east corner of County Laois, flowing westwards under the N78 at Ormond Bridge. It meets the Clogh River near the border with County Kilkenny and continues south-west under Massford Bridge.
The river flows through Castlecomer and continues south-west through the Kilkenny countryside, passing Jenkinstown Park[3] and flowing under the N77 until it meets the River Nore at Dunmore West, upstream of Kilkenny City.
The river gives its name to the Barony of Fassadinin ("Wilderness along the Dinin").
Wildlife
Fish species include three-spined stickleback, Atlantic salmon, stone loach, brook lamprey and river lamprey.[4] It also has many white trout.[5]
According to local folklore, St Patrick cursed the reeds on the bank of the Dinan so that their tops were withered.
Location
- Location: 52°49’24"N, 7°5’13"W
References
- ↑ "Upper and Lower Lakes". http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/physical-landscape/castlecomer-plateau/the-wandesforde-legacy/upper-and-lower-lakes/.
- ↑ An Deighean / Dinin River: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Wright, George Newenham (1 January 1831). Ireland Illustrated: From Original Drawings. H. Fisher, son, and Jackson. p. 34. https://archive.org/details/irelandillustra00wriggoog. "River DINAN."
- ↑ O'Higgins, Kealan. "River Dinan - Kilkenny - Salmon Conservation Fund". http://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Kilkenny/dinan-river.html.
- ↑ Coogan, Tim Pat (23 September 2008). A Memoir. Orion. ISBN 9780297857464. https://books.google.com/books?id=wTVSz0GkwVAC&q=%22DINAN%22&pg=PT21. Retrieved 3 October 2020.