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River Derry

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The River Derry (Irish: An Doiríoch) is a large river in the southeast of Leinster, Ireland, a tributary of the River Slaney. It rises just south of Hacketstown, County Carlow. It flows southeast to Tinahely, being accompanied by the R747 regional road for the distance. South of Tinahely it turns sharply and flows southwest through Shillelagh, briefly forming the border between County Wicklow and County Wexford, before becoming the border between County Wexford and County Carlow. It flows under Clonegal Bridge at a point where it divides Clonegal, County Carlow to the west from Watch House Village, County Wexford, to the east. A few kilometres further downstream it flows into the River Slaney. Derry Water River is a separate tributary, which rises near Tinahely and flows north-eastwards to form the Aughrim River.

Flows through: Ireland.

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

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