The Rag River is a river in
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...
,
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
. It rises in Mullaghdoo Lough, in the
townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...
of
Aghnacreevy
Aghnacreevy (Irish derived place name, either Achadh na Craoibhe meaning 'The Field of the Wide-Branching Tree' or Áth na Craoibhe meaning 'The Ford of the Wide-Branching Tree'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyh ...
, parish of
Kildallan, and flows in a north-easterly direction through the lakes of Clonty Lough, Togher Lough, Lough Rud, Aghavoher Lough, Killywilly Lough, Cuillaghan Lough, Tomkinroad Lough, Lough Tee Lower and Corraback Lough. It discharges into the
Shannon–Erne Waterway
The Shannon–Erne Waterway () is a canal linking the River Shannon in the Republic of Ireland with the River Erne in Northern Ireland. Managed by Waterways Ireland, the canal is in length, has sixteen locks and runs from Leitrim village in ...
in the townland of Corraback. It has a fish population of pike, bream, rudd, roach, gudgeon and perch. Archaeological finds in the river include dugout canoes, socketed bronze axes and
Irish elk
The Irish elk (''Megaloceros giganteus''), also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus '' Megaloceros'' and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across northern Eurasia during th ...
antlers. The structures of interest along the river include Ardlougher Bridge,
Greenville Corn Mill, Togher Bridge, Cranaghan Bridge, Killywilly
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Level Crossing, Killywilly Corn Mil
Killywilly Bleach Mill, Killywilly Bridge, Tomkinroad
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Bridge, Tomkinroad
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Station & Level Crossing, Tomkinroad Creamery, Drumrush Corn Mill & Weir, Droghill Bridge, Feedarragh Bridge & Stepping Stones.
References
Rivers of County Cavan
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