The Painestown River ( ga, Abhainn Baile an Phaghanaigh) is a river in
County Kildare, Ireland, a tributary of the
Morell River
The Morell River () is a river in County Kildare, Ireland, a tributary of the River Liffey.
Name
The name of the river derives from William Morrell, formerly a landowner in the area. It first appears (spelled ''Morrel'') in the ''Statistical S ...
.
Name
The name is derived from the Painestown
townland
A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...
, located in the
Kill
Kill often refers to:
*Homicide, one human killing another
*cause death, to kill a living organism, to cause its death
Kill may also refer to:
Media
*'' Kill!'', a 1968 film directed by Kihachi Okamoto
* ''Kill'' (Cannibal Corpse album), 2006
* ...
civil parish
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.
Course
Painestown River rises in Porterstown,
Kilteel
Kilteel () is the name of a village, townland and civil parish located in the barony of South Salt, County Kildare, Ireland. The townland of Kilteel Upper contains the remains of a church with a decorated Romanesque chancel arch, the ruins ...
. It flows northwestwards, passing under the
N7 road at Blackhill. In Painestown it meets two tributaries, the
Kill River and the
Slane River. The Painestown River continues due north, then passes under the
Grand Canal at the Painestown River Aqueduct and passes under the
Dublin–Cork railway line
The Dublin–Cork Main Line is the main InterCity railway route in Ireland between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent. In 2018, 3.46 million passengers travelled on the line, a 10% increase from 2017 figures.
About
The line is one of the longest in ...
in Baronrath. It is then crossed by the Killeenmore Bridge
and drains into the
Morell River
The Morell River () is a river in County Kildare, Ireland, a tributary of the River Liffey.
Name
The name of the river derives from William Morrell, formerly a landowner in the area. It first appears (spelled ''Morrel'') in the ''Statistical S ...
in Turnings Upper, south of
Straffan
Straffan (variously ''Teach Srafáin'', ''Strafáin'' or ''An Cluanini'' in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2016 census, the v ...
.
See also
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Rivers of Ireland
Shown here are all the major rivers and tributaries of Ireland with their lengths (in kilometres and miles). Starting with the Northern Ireland rivers, and going in a clockwise direction, the rivers (and tributaries) are listed in regard to their ...
References
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River Liffey (system)
Rivers of County Kildare