River Gweebarra
The River Gweebarra (Irish: Abhainn Ghaoth Beara)[1] is a river twenty miles long in the north of County Donegal.[2]
Streams enter Lough Barra from Crockfadda and Moylenanav. From there the River Gweebarra flows south-westwards between the Derryveagh Mountains and Glendowan Mountains. The R252 crosses the river at Doocharry. From here it widens, being bridged by the N56 south of Lettermacaward. It enters the Gweebarra Bay which flows on into the Atlantic Ocean.
Wildlife
The Gweebarra is a brown trout and salmon fishery. Other species include Sand goby, European flounder, eel, plaice, Fifteen-spined stickleback, Five-bearded rockling, Lesser sandeel, Two-spotted goby, Greater pipefish, Long-spined sea scorpion, Three-spined stickleback, turbot and pollack.[3]
References
- ↑ Abhainn Ghaoth Beara/River Gweebarra: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ River Gweebarra
- ↑ "Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Transitional Waters in the North Western International River Basin District – Gweebarra Estuary". 2013. http://wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Gweebarra_estuary_report_2012.pdf.