River Maigue
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The River Maigue (Template:IPAc-en,[1][2] Template:Irish place name)[3] rises in the Milford area of north County Cork, Ireland. The River Maigue is Template:Convert long.[4] It drains an area of Template:Convert[5]
It is joined by the small River Glen and the larger River Loobagh in south County Limerick. It then flows north through Bruree, after which it augmented by the River Morning Star. It flows through Croom and Adare before entering the Shannon Estuary (Template:Irish place name) just north of Ferry Bridge between Kildimo and Clarina, just west of Limerick city. The River Maigue is tidal up to Adare on the N21 Road Bridge.
History
In ancient times the Maigue was central to the territories of the O'Donovans and their predecessors in Uí Chairpre Áebda (Cairbre Eva). The majority of its towns and villages were once the sites of fortresses. Later these territories were occupied by the FitzGerald dynasty.
The beautiful slow song in Irish, ‘Slán le Máigh’, was written by Aindrias Mac Craith, a poet from the local area who lived in the 18th century. The song is still widely sung and is also played as a slow air.
Tributaries
River Loobagh
The Loobagh (Template:Irish place name) is a river with healthy Trout and Salmon populations. It rises in the hills south of Kilfinane and flows through Kilmallock. It joins the Maigue south of Bruree.
Morning Star River
The Morning Star is a little river which flows westwards through rich farmland through Bruff and Athlacca to join the Maigue north of Bruree. Its name derives from the Irish Camhaoir, Template:Lit, a corruption of the original name, Script error: No such module "Lang".. This is a name of unknown etymology also once used for the River Erne; it may be an Indo-European hydronym (cf. the many European rivers named Samara).[6][7]
Camogue River
The River Camogue flows in a westerly direction through Grange, Meanus and Manister and joins the Maigue upstream of Croom.
See also
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- ↑ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press. Strictly speaking, the Irish term an mháigh means simply, "the plain". In this case, "river of" is an implied auxiliary meaning.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
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- ↑ Joyce, P. W. (1869:486). The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places. Ireland: Educational Company of Ireland.