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The '''River Mahon''' ({{lang-ga|an Mhachan}}) flows from the [[Comeragh Mountains]] in [[County Waterford]], [[Ireland]]. |
The '''River Mahon''' ({{lang-ga|an Mhachan}}) flows from the [[Comeragh Mountains]] in [[County Waterford]], [[Ireland]]. |
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Falling down the 80-metre Mahon Falls and proceeding past the "Fairy Bush", the river then passes through the village of [[Mahon Bridge]] and on past [[Flahavan's]] Mill and under the 8-arched rail bridge in [[Kilmacthomas]]. In former times, the river powered five different mills, one at Mahon Bridge, three at Kilmacthomas and one at Ballylaneen. The river is joined by the ''Ách Mór'' tributary river at [[Ballylaneen]] and ends its journey three miles further downstream at [[Bunmahon]] on Ireland's south coast. It drains into the region of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] known as the [[Celtic Sea]]. |
Falling down the 80-metre Mahon Falls and proceeding past the "Fairy Bush", the river then passes through the village of [[Mahon Bridge]] and on past [[Flahavan's]] Mill and under the 8-arched rail bridge in [[Kilmacthomas]]. In former times, the river powered five different mills, one at Mahon Bridge, three at Kilmacthomas and one at [[Ballylaneen]]. The river is joined by the ''Ách Mór'' tributary river at [[Ballylaneen]] and ends its journey three miles further downstream at [[Bunmahon]] on Ireland's south coast. It drains into the region of the [[Atlantic Ocean]] known as the [[Celtic Sea]]. |
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The river is popular with whitewater kayakers. There has been no known source-to-sea descent to date but the river has been paddled from Kilmacthomas to the sea at Bonmahon by two local kayakers in April 2008. |
The river is popular with whitewater kayakers. There has been no known source-to-sea descent to date but the river has been paddled from Kilmacthomas to the sea at Bonmahon by two local kayakers in April 2008. |
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Revision as of 11:23, 17 April 2012
The River Mahon (Irish: an Mhachan) flows from the Comeragh Mountains in County Waterford, Ireland.
Falling down the 80-metre Mahon Falls and proceeding past the "Fairy Bush", the river then passes through the village of Mahon Bridge and on past Flahavan's Mill and under the 8-arched rail bridge in Kilmacthomas. In former times, the river powered five different mills, one at Mahon Bridge, three at Kilmacthomas and one at Ballylaneen. The river is joined by the Ách Mór tributary river at Ballylaneen and ends its journey three miles further downstream at Bunmahon on Ireland's south coast. It drains into the region of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Celtic Sea.
The river is popular with whitewater kayakers. There has been no known source-to-sea descent to date but the river has been paddled from Kilmacthomas to the sea at Bonmahon by two local kayakers in April 2008.
On 21 October 2005, Michael Reynolds, a kayaker from Tramore, County Waterford, performed the only known descent in a kayak of the vertical 55 foot drop at the top of Mahon falls. [1][2] 52°08′N 7°22′W / 52.133°N 7.367°W
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