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The River Farset (''An Fhearsaid'' or ''Abhainn na Feirste'' in Irish) is a
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The River Farset (''An Fhearsaid'' or ''Abhainn na Feirste'' in Irish) is a river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
, Northern Ireland
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. It is a late tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the River Lagan
The River Lagan (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ''Lagan Wattèr'') is a major river in Northern Ireland which runs from the Slieve Croob mountain in County Down to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough, an inlet of the Irish Sea. The ...
.
Course
Rising on Squire's Hill on the north-western edge of Belfast, the River Farset is on theCounty Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the c ...
side of the Lagan, and its entry to the Lagan is close to that river's outflow into Belfast Lough
Belfast Lough () is a large sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland. At its head is the city and port of Belfast, which sits at the mouth of the River Lagan. The lough opens into the North Channel and connects Belfast to the Irish ...
. The Farset is now contained within a tunnel under Belfast's High Street supposedly big enough to take a bus.
History
Belfast was founded at a sandy ford across the Farset, and this is the origin of the city's name – ''Béal Feirste'', the "river mouth of the sandbar". ''Farset'' itself is derived from the Irish word for "sandbar". The river flowed beside docks on High Street as Belfast grew in the 19th century. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, the river was sometimes known as Belfast River, the River of Belfast, the Town River, or the High Street River. Over the course of the 18th century it was gradually covered over; the final section, close to Princes Street, was culverted in 1804.George Benn, op. cit., Vol. 2, pp45-46
See also
* List of rivers of IrelandReferences
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