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Up the Inny

Posted on Sunday 14 May 2017 | Leave a comment

The navigation of the River Inny from Ballynacarrow upriver to Lough Sheelin.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Canals, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Forgotten navigations, Historical matters, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Passenger traffic, People, Safety, Shannon, Sources, The turf trade, waterways, Waterways management

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The glory that was Greese

Posted on Monday 11 February 2013 | Leave a comment

The River Greese is a tributary of the River Barrow, joining it below Maganey Lock. The photo is taken from the road on the west bank of the Barrow.

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The Greese joins the Barrow: the trackway passes over it on a bridge

You can locate it on the OSI map by zooming out from here; the extract below shows the confluence.

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The confluence

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Drainage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Natural heritage, Operations, Scenery, waterways, Weather

Tagged Barrow, bridge, Carlow, floods, flow, Grand Canal, Greese, Ireland, Laois, Maganey, Operations, Shrule, waterways