The River Clodiagh () is a small river which rises in Lough Coumduala in the
Comeragh Mountains
The Comeragh Mountains () are a glaciated mountain range situated in southeast Ireland in County Waterford. They are located between the town of Dungarvan and stretch inland to the town of Clonmel on the County Tipperary border and the villages ...
in north
County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...
.
(''It should not be confused with the River Clodiagh in County Kilkenny.'') It flows through the villages of
Rathgormack, Clonea-Power and
Portlaw
Portlaw ( or ''Port Lách'') is a town in County Waterford, Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated approximately 19 km west-north-west of Waterford City, where the Clodiagh mee ...
before joining the
River Suir just outside Portlaw.
The
river is fed by a number of smaller tributaries including Hunts
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
and Aughtnawilliam stream.
Kayak tragedy
Two canoeists, one a sit-on
kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' ().
The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each se ...
, drowned after being stuck in a weir at Portlaw, in April 2010.
"Fatal River Weir Impassable"
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References
External links
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Clodiagh
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