River Suir
The River Suir is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean through Waterford after a distance of 185 kilometres. The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km/s) before these join, but a little less than the Barrow's flow when it meets the Suir 20 km downstream (over 80 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Ireland
- Also known as: “R. Suir”, “R. Sure”, “River Sure”, “Suir”, “Suir R.”, “Suir River”, “Sure”, “Sure R.”, and “Sure River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Island Power Station and Dunbrody Abbey.
Great Island Power Station
Power station
Photo: Paddy Mulvey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Island Power Station is a gas fired and former heavy fuel oil fired power station situated near Waterford Harbour in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland, that supplies electricity to more than 500,000 Irish homes.
Dunbrody Abbey
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunbrody Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. Dunbrody Abbey is situated 2½ km northeast of River Suir.
Ballyhack Castle
Photo: Alanna Milbourne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballyhack Castle is situated 3½ km southeast of River Suir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheekpoint and Ballyhack.
Cheekpoint
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cheekpoint is a village and townland in County Waterford, Ireland, at the confluence of the River Suir and the River Barrow. Located beneath 150-metre-high Minaun Hill, the village has panoramic views of Waterford Harbour, the 650-metre-long Barrow Bridge and Great Island Power Station.
Ballyhack
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyhack is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland, on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour, which is the estuary of The Three Sisters… Ballyhack is situated 3½ km southeast of River Suir.
Campile
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Campile is a small village situated in County Wexford in the south of Ireland. It is 14 kilometres south of the town of New Ross. As of the 2022 census, Campile had a population of 371 people. Campile is situated 4 km northeast of River Suir.
River Suir
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover River Suir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Suir” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Suir”
- Basque: “Suir ibaia”
- Catalan: “Riu Suir”
- Cebuano: “River Suir”
- Chinese: “舒爾河”
- Chuvash: “Шур”
- Czech: “Suir”
- Danish: “Suir (flod)”
- Danish: “Suir”
- Dutch: “Suir”
- French: “Suir”
- Galician: “Río Suir”
- Galician: “Suir”
- German: “River Suir”
- German: “Suir”
- Irish: “Abhainn na Siúire”
- Irish: “An tSiúir”
- Italian: “Suir”
- Japanese: “シュア川”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Bawang Suir”
- Latin: “Suirus”
- Latvian: “Šūra”
- Lithuanian: “Suiras”
- Lithuanian: “Šūras”
- Lombard: “Suir”
- Macedonian: “Шур”
- Malay: “Sungai Siúr”
- Mingrelian: “შური (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “შური”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Suir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abhainn na Siúire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “An tSiúr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suir”
- Norwegian: “Suir”
- Polish: “Suir”
- Portuguese: “Rio Suir”
- Portuguese: “Suir”
- Russian: “Шур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “River Suir”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Suir”
- Slovak: “Suir”
- Slovenian: “Suir”
- Spanish: “Rio Suir”
- Spanish: “Río Suir”
- Spanish: “Suir”
- Swahili: “Mto Suir”
- Swedish: “Suir”
- Ukrainian: “Шур (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Шур”
- Venetian: “Fiume Suir”
- Welsh: “Afon Siúir”
- Welsh: “Afon Siúr”
- Welsh: “Afon Suir”
- Welsh: “Afon Súir”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cheekpoint Hill and Catherines Bay.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Suir”. Photo: Chieggie, Public domain.