River Bann (Wexford)

River Bann
River Bann at Milltown near Ferns
Main source	Croghan Mountain, County Wexford
River mouth	Irish Sea at Wexford, as the River Slaney

The River Bann (Irish: An Bhanna, from ban-dea, meaning "goddess")^[1] is a large river in County Wexford, in the southeast of Ireland. It rises in the southern slopes of Croghan Mountain in north Wexford on the County Wicklow border. It flows south and is joined by the Blackwater Stream near the village of Hollyfort. Veering southwest it passes under the R725, then continuing southwestwards it flows beneath the N11 national primary route at the village of Camolin. It is crossed by the Dublin - Wexford railway four times as it flows past the town of Ferns before joining the River Slaney north of Enniscorthy. In 1950s a reservoir was built at Ballythomas to supply water to the town of Gorey, County Wexford. Before that, its banks regularly spilled over and made a lot of swamp land on its route.

River Bann at Milltown Bridge, Ferns

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↑ PlaceNames NI: River Bann

Rivers of Ireland

List

Flowing north	Bann Bush Foyle Roe

Flowing to the Irish Sea	Avoca Boyne Camac Castletown Dargle Dodder Fane Lagan Liffey Naniken Newry Poddle Quoile Santry Slaney Tolka Vartry

Flowing to the Celtic Sea	Bandon Blackwater Lee Mahon The Three Sisters Barrow Nore Suir

Flowing to the Atlantic	Clare Corrib Erne Eske Feale Ferta Fergus Moy Robe Shannon Swilly

Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel Inny Maigue Mulkear River Nenagh River Suck

River names in italics indicate rivers which are partially or wholly in Northern Ireland, with the rest being wholly in the Republic of Ireland

Coordinates: 52°33′N 6°33′W / 52.550°N 6.550°W / 52.550; -6.550

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River Bann (Wexford)

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