| Broadmeadow River Irish: Abhainn Ghabhra | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | two lines near Dunshaughlin, County Meath |
| • elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Broadmeadow Estuary, to the Irish Sea, (by Malahide, County Dublin) |
• coordinates | 53°27′07″N 6°08′14″W / 53.4520°N 6.1373°W |
| Length | 25 km (16 mi)+ estuary 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Fairyhouse Stream, Dun Water, Ward River |
The Broadmeadow River (Irish: Abhainn Ghabhra)[1] or Broad Meadow Water,[2] is a river of County Meath and northern County Dublin, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) long.[3] It opens into a wide estuary between Swords and Malahide, and reaches the open sea several kilometres downstream, north of Malahide village. One of the larger watercourses by volume in County Dublin, the Broadmeadow is a salmonid river, with several species of fish, including brown trout. It has many small, and a few larger, tributaries, notably the Ward River. It is under the responsibility of Meath County Council and Fingal County Council, as well as oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- ^ "Abhainn Ghabhra". logainm.ie (Placenames Database of Ireland). Government of Ireland (with DCU). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Weston, Patrick W. "County Meath (from Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland, 1900)". History Ireland (re-publication). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Doyle, Joseph W. (2013) [2008]. Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin (7th ed.). Dublin, Ireland: Rath Eanna Research. pp. i–iv, 1–76 + photos and map. ISBN 978-0-9566363-6-2.