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Mulkear River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The River Mulcair, or Mulkear, rises in the Slieve Felim Mountains and Silvermine Mountains in Ireland, and flows through the east of County Limerick before joining the River Shannon outside Limerick city near Annacotty. It flows through Counties Limerick and Tipperary with a catchment area of 650 km2. The principal tributaries are the Dead River, the Bilboa River at Cappamore, and the Newport River (Tipperary). The River Mulcair is an Atlantic salmon and brown trout river with a 1 March to 30 September fishing season. The river is designated as catch and release for salmon. The ESB issue and monitor fishing permits for the river.

Flows through: Ireland.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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