River Aughrim

{{Short description|River in Ireland}}

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{{Infobox river

| name = River Aughrim
Abhainn Eachroma

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| image_caption = The River Aughrim

| source1_location = Aughrim, County Wicklow

| mouth_location = Woodenbridge, County Wicklow

|mouth=Avoca}}

The Aughrim River ({{irish place name|Abhainn Eachroma}}) flows from confluence of the Derry Water and River Ow south of the village of Aughrim in County Wicklow in Ireland.{{Cite book |last=O'Reilly |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2hd5XBKFrkC&dq=%22River+Aughrim%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA248 |title=Rivers of Ireland: A Flyfishers Guide |date=Apr 2003 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=978-0-8117-0072-6 |pages=248 |language=en}} It flows in a generally easterly direction for approximately {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} following the R747 regional road for its full length before joining the River Avoca in the Vale of Avoca, which in turn discharges into the Irish Sea at Arklow. From source to sea the river remains in East Wicklow.

The R747 crosses the river twice, near Aughrim and downstream at the village of Woodenbridge,{{Cite book |last=Eyewitness |first=D. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cqMPEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22River+Aughrim%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT135 |title=DK Eyewitness Back Roads Ireland |date=2018-04-17 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-0-7440-4443-0 |pages=136 |language=en}} before the Aughrim discharges into the Avoca river.

See also

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References

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Category:Rivers of County Wicklow

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