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 and County Tipperary. They are located between the town of Dungarvan and stretch inland to the town of Clonmel on the County Tipperary bo ...

in north

County Waterford County Waterford () 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 Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. ...

. (It should not be confused with the River Clodiagh in County Kilkenny.) It flows through the villages of

Rathgormack Rathgormack or Rathgormac () is a village and parish in northern County Waterford, Ireland. Amenities The village has a pub, a shop, a newly made all-weather pitch, a recreational park, a national school and a Roman Catholic Church Rathgorma ...

, 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 14 km west-north-west of Waterford City, where the Clodiagh me ...

before joining the

River Suir The River Suir ( ; or ''Abhainn na Siúire'' ) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean through Waterford after a distance of . The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2.

just outside Portlaw. The

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 ...

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 strea ...

and Aughtnawilliam stream.

Kayak tragedy

Two canoeists, on a sit-on

kayak ] A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word ''kayak'' originates from the Inuktitut word '' qajaq'' (). In British English, the kayak is also considered to be ...

, drowned after being stuck in a weir at Portlaw, in April 2010."Fatal River Weir Impassable"
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* Rivers of County Waterford, Clodiagh {{Ireland-river-stub