River Anner

The River Anner (Irish: An Annúir^[2]) is a river in Ireland, flowing through County Tipperary, a tributary of the Suir.

River Anner
Near Clonmel
Native name	An Annúir (Irish)
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Waterford Harbour via River Suir
Length	37.8 kilometres (23.5 mi)
Basin size	444.72 km2 (171.71 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	44.87 m3/s (1,585 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Clashawley River

Course

The River Anner rises south of Mullinahone and flows westwards to the north of Knockahunna. It passes under Melbourne Bridge and turns southwards, meeting the Clashawley River in Grangebeg. It passes under the R706 in Milltownbratton and meets the River Moyle. The Anner passes under the Limerick–Rosslare railway line and then the N24 near Twomilebridge, draining into the Suir at Killaloan Lower.^[3]

Wildlife

The River Anner is a noted salmon and trout fishery.^[4][5][6]

Literature

The river is memorialised in a Charles Kickham poem, "She lived beside the Anner at the foot of Slievenamon".^[7]