River Suir

The River Suir is a river in Ireland that flows into the through 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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Ireland
  • Also known as: “Abhainn na Siúire”, “Afon Siúir”, “Afon Suir”, “An tSiúr”, “R. Suir”, “R. Sure”, “River Sure”, “Suir”, “Suir R.”, “Suir River”, “Suiras”, “Sure”, “Sure R.”, and “Sure River”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Great Island Power Station and Dunbrody Abbey.

Power station
Photo: Paddy Mulvey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a gas fired and former…

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is a former Cistercian monastery in , . is situated 2½ km northeast of River Suir.

Photo: Alanna Milbourne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km southeast of River Suir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheekpoint and Ballyhack.

Village
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is a village and townland…

Village
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is a small village located in the south-west… is situated 3½ km southeast of River Suir.

Village
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is a small village situated in in the south of . is situated 4 km northeast of River Suir.

River Suir

Latitude
52.27333° or 52° 16′ 24″ north
Longitude
-6.99556° or 6° 59′ 44″ west
Open location code
9C4M72F3+8Q
Geo­Names ID
2961319
Wiki­data ID
Q1128134
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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”
  • German: “Suir”
  • Irish: “An tSiúir”
  • Italian: “Suir”
  • Japanese: “シュア川”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Bawang Suir”
  • Latin: “Suirus”
  • Latvian: “Šūra”
  • Lithuanian: “Šūras”
  • Lombard: “Suir”
  • Macedonian: “Шур”
  • Malay: “Sungai Siúr”
  • Mingrelian: “შური (წყარმალუ)”
  • Mingrelian: “შური”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Suir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suir”
  • Norwegian: “Suir”
  • Polish: “Suir”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Suir”
  • Russian: “Шур”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Suir”
  • Slovak: “Suir”
  • Slovenian: “Suir”
  • Spanish: “Río Suir”
  • Swahili: “Mto Suir”
  • Swedish: “Suir”
  • Ukrainian: “Шур (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Шур”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Suir”
  • Welsh: “Afon Siúr”
  • Welsh: “Afon Súir”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Greatisland and Drumdowney.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cheekpoint Hill and Catherines Bay.

Ireland: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Dublin and Cork.

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