The Three Sisters (Ireland)
- The Three Sisters (Ireland)
The Three Sisters are three rivers in Ireland: the River Barrow, the River Nore and the River Suir. All three rise in the same mountainous area in County Tipperary and join the sea in the same bay southwest of the city of Waterford. In between, they fan out to drain a large portion of the southern part of the island, including County Tipperary, County Carlow, County Kilkenny, County Wexford and County Waterford, among others.
The Barrow Bridge crosses two of the three sisters, the Nore and the Barrow. They then join the River Suir just downstream of the bridge.
In ancient times, the area bounded by the River Suir and the River Barrow formed the Kingdom of Ossory. This name is retained today for the religious administrative areas in both the Irish Roman Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland.
External links
* [http://www.iwai.ie/nav/threesisters/index.html Guide to navigating the Three Sisters estuary (from the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland)]
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