River Owenroe

River Owenroe
River Owenroe
	Owenroe (Red River) at Moynalty, County Meath
Native name	An Abhainn Rua Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Loughanleagh, County Cavan
Mouth
• location	Irish Sea at Drogheda as the Boyne

The Owenroe River or Moynalty River or Borora River (Irish: An Abhainn Rua, meaning "red river") rises near Bailieborough, County Cavan,^[1] on the slopes of the Loughanleagh mountain. It flows southeast and forms the boundary between Cavan and County Meath for five to 6 miles, flowing past Mullagh and through Moynalty. It joins the River Blackwater at Oristown,^[2] east of Kells. The Blackwater joins the Boyne at Navan before discharging into the Irish Sea at Drogheda.

References

^ [1], Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
^ [2], Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)

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[1] [1], Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)

[2] [2], Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)

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Flowing north	Bann Bush Faughan Foyle Roe
Flowing to the Irish Sea	Avoca Boyne Broadmeadow Ward Castletown Dargle Glencullen Fane Glyde Dee Lagan Liffey Morell Rye Camac Poddle Dodder Mayne Naniken Newry Quoile Santry Shanganagh River Slaney Tolka Vartry
Flowing to the Celtic Sea	Bandon Blackwater Lee Mahon The Three Sisters Barrow Nore Suir
Flowing to the Atlantic	Ballisodare Caragh Clare Corrib Erne Eske Feale Inny Laune Ferta Maine Moy Robe Shannon Swilly
Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel Fergus Inny Maigue Mulkear River Nenagh River Suck
River names in italics indicate rivers which are partially or wholly in Northern Ireland, with the rest being wholly in the Republic of Ireland

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