River Fane

River Fane
Lough Ross, source of the Fane
Native name Abhainn Átha Féan
Etymology Perhaps "river of the ford of carts"
Country Ireland
Physical characteristics
Main source Lough Ross, County Monaghan–Armagh
River mouth Irish Sea via Dundalk Bay
Length 61.56 kilometres (38.25 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    15.39 m3/s (543 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
Basin size 350 km2 (140 sq mi)

The River Fane (Irish: Abhainn Átha Féan) is a river flowing from Co. Monaghan to Dundalk Bay in Co. Louth, Ireland.

Course

Originating in Lough Ross on the border of County Monaghan and County Armagh, and so of Ireland and Northern Ireland,[2] the Fane flows east towards Dundalk Bay, straddling the border between Counties Monaghan, Louth and Armagh flowing through Inniskeen, Knockbridge, before meeting Dundalk Bay near Blackrock, County Louth.

The Fane River is 38.25 miles long and drains an area of 350 km2[3]

Water extraction

The Fane is, through the Cavan Hill pumping station, a major source of fresh water for Dundalk and the surrounding area in northern Louth.

Pollution

Runoff from illegal fuel laundering operations, carried out in the region, is a major source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which have severely affected Atlantic salmon stocks in the region.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cfram.ie/otherprojects/IBE0700Rp0008_UoM06%20Hydrology%20Report_F02.pdf
  2. ↑ "Fly fishing in Dundalk. Salmon and trout fishing". Eastern Regional Fisheries Board. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
  4. ↑ Jim Cusack (3 January 2016). "Provo diesel pollution wiping out salmon". Irish Independent.


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