Slate River (Ireland)
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| name = Slate River
| image = Slate river last bridge.jpg
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| native_name ={{native name|ga|An Tarae}}
| source1_location = Ballynafagh Lake, County Kildare
| mouth_location = Bracknagh, County Offaly
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Ireland
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| source1_elevation = {{convert|86|m|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg = {{convert|0.037|m3/s|abbr=on}}
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|mouth=River Figile}}
The Slate River ({{langx|ga|An Tarae}}) or River Slate is a river in County Kildare and County Offaly, Ireland, a tributary of the Figile River.
Name
Its name derives from the slate quarries in the region. The Irish language name derives from tarae, meaning mill race, referring to Sally Corn Mill, Rathangan.{{cite web | url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/11810048/sally-corn-mill-former-new-street-off-rathangan-rathangan-ed-rathangan-county-kildare | title=Sally Corn Mill (former), New Street (off), RATHANGAN (RATHANGAN ED), Rathangan, County Kildare | publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | location=Ireland | accessdate=31 May 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.logainm.ie/en/1166802|title = An Tarae/Slate River}}
The river was historically known as the Clashaghbane River.[http://staging.waterwaysireland.org/SiteAssets/Corporate/Heritage%20Surveys/Grand%20Canal%20Main%20Report%202015.pdf The Grand Canal Architectural, Engineering and Industrial Heritage Assessment 2007]
Course
Slate River rises near Ballynafagh Lake in Prosperous and flows southwest, passing under the R403 road at Graigues. It continues westward parallel to, and north of, the Grand Canal. The Slate passes under the Grand Canal via the Derrymullen aqueduct and is bridged by the R415 at Littletown. The Slate River continues through Ballyteague Forest and passes by the Lullymore Heritage and Discovery Park on the Bog of Allen. It passes through Rathangan, County Kildare where it passes under Rathangan Bridge,{{Cite web |url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD®no=11810003 |title=Rathangan, County Kildare: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage |access-date=15 January 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193743/http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KD®no=11810003 |url-status=dead }} part of the R401. There is also a footbridge downstream of this bridge, and another bridge (for the R414) at Rathangan Demesne.
The Slate River continues westward, passing into County Offaly and draining into the Figile River just south of Bracknagh.
Wildlife
See also
References
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