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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 441 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BARROW , a See also:

RIVER

river of See also:

south-eastern See also:

Ireland. It rises in the Slieve See also:

BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

Bloom mountains, and flows at first easterly and then almost due south, until, on joining the Suir, it forms the See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the south See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast known as See also:

WATERFORD

Waterford See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour. Including the 12 M. of the estuary, the length of its valley is rather more than Too m., without counting the lesser windings of the river. The See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

AREA

area of drainage to Waterford Harbour (including the See also:

basin of the Suir) is 3500 sq. m., and covers the whole of the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

Kilkenny, with parts of Waterford, See also:

Cork and See also:

LIMERICK

Limerick, See also:

TIPPERARY

Tipperary, See also:

CARLOW

Carlow, See also:

King's and See also:

Queen's counties. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief towns on the See also:

banks of the Barrow are See also:

ATHY (pronounced Athy)

Athy (where it becomes navigable and has a junction with the See also:

GRAND

Grand See also:

Canal), Carlow, Bagenalstown and New See also:

Ross. The chief affluent is the See also:

NORE, THE

Nore, which it receives from the See also:

north-See also:

west a little above New Ross. The scenery on its banks is in parts very beautiful.

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