Avonmore River
The Avonmore River
The Avonmore River (Irish: An Abhainn Mhór, meaning “the big river”), also known as Abhainn Dé (also spelt Abhainn Dea), flows from Lough Dan in the Wicklow Mountains west of Roundwood.
It flows in a generally southerly direction for approximately 30 km (19 mi) from Lough Dan, and is joined at Laragh by the Glenmacnass River which drains Lough Ouler, and by the Glendasan and Glenealo Rivers which drain Lough Nahanagan and the Glendalough Lakes. At the Meeting of the Waters (Cumar an dá Uisce) it joins the Avonbeg River to form the River Avoca, which in turn discharges into the Irish Sea at Arklow.
Downstream from Lough Dan the Avonmore reaches the village of Annamoe where it is crossed by the R755 regional road. From there is descends to Laragh and down through a heavily wooded valley to Rathdrum.
Near Rathdrum it passes through the grounds of Avondale House, former home of Charles Stewart Parnell. A few kilometers south of Avondale it meets the Avonbeg at the Meeting of the Waters.
