| River Slaney | |
|---|---|
 River Slaney at Stratford-on-Slaney | |
 Map of the rivers of southeast Ireland | |
| Etymology | Old Irish sláine, "health"[1][2] |
| Native name |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lugnaquilla, County Wicklow |
| • elevation | 549 metres (1,801 ft) |
| Mouth | Irish Sea |
• location | Wexford Harbour, County Wexford |
| Length | 117.5 kilometres (73.0 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,762 square kilometres (680 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 37 m3/s (1,300 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | River Derreen, River Derry, River Bann, River Ballyedmond, River Sow |
| • right | Browns Beck Brook, River Clody, River Urrin, River Boro |
The River Slaney (/ˈsleɪniː/; Irish: An tSláine)[3] is a large river in the southeast of Ireland. It rises on Lugnaquilla Mountain in the western Wicklow Mountains and flows west and then south through counties Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford for 117.5 km (73 mi),[4] before entering St George's Channel in the Irish Sea at Wexford town. The estuary of the Slaney is wide and shallow and is known as Wexford Harbour. The catchment area of the River Slaney is 1,762 km2.[5] The long-term average flow rate of the River Slaney is 37.4m3/s[5]
Towns that the Slaney runs through include Stratford-on-Slaney, Baltinglass, Tullow, Bunclody, Enniscorthy and Wexford. The river is crossed by 32 road bridges and one railway bridge.[6]
- ^ "The Slaney – IWAI".
- ^ "sláine". eDIL (An Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language). 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "An tSláine/River Slaney". logainm.ie. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
- ^ a b South Eastern River Basin District Management System. Page 38 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Duffy, John. River Slaney, from source to sea, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9554184-0-2, p.30