| River Maigue | |
|---|---|
 River Maigue, Bruree | |
| Etymology | Irish mag, "plain" |
| Native name | An Mháigh (Irish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Cities | Bruree, Croom, Adare |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Shannon Estuary, County Limerick |
| Length | 62.36 km (38.75 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 15.6 m3/s (550 cu ft/s) |
The River Maigue (/ˈmeɪɡ/ Irish: An Mháigh, meaning 'river of the plain')[1] rises in the Milford area of north County Cork, Ireland. The River Maigue is 38.75 miles (62.36 km) long.[2] It drains an area of 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi)[3]
It is joined by the small River Glen and the larger River Loobagh in south County Limerick. It then flows north through Bruree, after which it augmented by the River Morning Star. It flows through Croom and Adare before entering the Shannon Estuary (Irish: An tSionainn) just north of Ferry Bridge between Kildimo and Clarina, just west of Limerick city. The River Maigue is tidal up to Adare on the N21 Road Bridge.
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press. Strictly speaking, the Irish term an mháigh means simply, "the plain". In this case, "river of" is an implied auxiliary meaning.
- ^ Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
- ^ "2". Biology and Management of European Eel (Anguilla anguilla, L) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.