Callan River

Callan River

Callan River is a river in County Armagh, Northern Ireland which joins the River Blackwater 1.6km upstream from Bond's Bridge. It is navigable by dinghy or canoe for 2km to Fairlawn Bridge. It flows in a generally northerly direction from Tullnawood lake, past Darkley, passing within a few miles of Keady town, through Tassagh and on to Armagh.

The area upstream of Armagh has many former linen mills that were built to use the waterpower of the river. There is also a viaduct at Tassagh that once carried the railway line from Armagh to Keady.

People

*Niall Caille Mac Aedo (791-846) was King of Ireland and defeated the Danes at Derry in 833 and at Lough Swilly in 843. He drowned in the River Callan, near Armagh. [cite web | title=Niall Caille Mac Aedo | work=Dictionary of Ulster Biography | url=http://www.ulsterbiography.co.uk/biogsN.htm | accessdate=2008-07-09]

See also

*List of rivers of Northern Ireland

References


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