River Aughrim

River Aughrim

Infobox River | river_name = River Aughrim
"Abhainn Eachroma"



caption = The River Aughrim
origin = Aughrim, County Wicklow
mouth = Irish Sea at Arklow as the Avoca

The Aughrim River (irish place name|Abhainn Eachroma) flows from confluence of the "Derry Water" and "River Ow" south of the village of Aughrim in County Wicklow in Ireland. It flows in a generally easterly direction for approximately km to mi | 12 | abbr=yes | precision=0 following the R747 regional road for its full length before joining the River Avoca in the "Vale of Avoca", which in turn discharges into the Irish Sea at Arklow. From source to sea the river remains in East Wicklow.

The R747 crosses the river twice, near Aughrim and downstream at the village of Woodenbridge, before the Aughrim discharges into the Avoca river.

ee also

*Rivers of Ireland


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