River Deel

River Deel
River Deel west of Rathkeale
Native name	An Daoil
Etymology	From Irish daol, "chafer"
Country	Ireland
Basin
Main source	near Dromina, County Cork
River mouth	Atlantic Ocean via Shannon Estuary
Basin size	481 square kilometres (186 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	63.2 kilometres (39.3 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 12.56 m³/s (444 cu ft/s)

The River Deel (Irish: An Daoil) is in County Cork and County Limerick, Ireland.^[1]

The river rises near Dromina in north County Cork and flows north into County Limerick for over 60 km to enter the Shannon Estuary at Askeaton.

After it rises it passes the flowing areas, first Milford and down towards Belville bridge, then on to Castlemahon (Mahoonagh) and nearby Newcastle West, running parallel to the main Limerick-Killarney N21 road, to reach Rathkeale.

After leaving Rathkeale, the river crosses the N21 and heads for its confluence and estuary at Askeaton.

Name

The Deel derives its name from daol, an Irish word for a beetle, insect or worm, because of its winding, bending shape.

The Deel was once a good salmon and grilse fishery but now is mainly fished for brown trout.

↑ Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)

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River Shannon, Ireland (Basin)

Counties	Cavan Leitrim Roscommon Longford Westmeath Offaly Galway Tipperary Clare Limerick

Settlements	Dowra Carrick-on-Shannon Jamestown Drumsna Roosky Athlone Shannonbridge Banagher Killaloe Limerick City

Major tributaries	Abbey Boyle Brosna Deel Inny Maigue Mulkear Nenagh Suck

Flows into	Shannon Estuary Atlantic Ocean

Linked canals	Shannon–Erne Waterway Jamestown Canal River Suck canal Boyle canal Lecarrow Canal Royal Canal Grand Canal Headrace canal (Ardnacrusha)

Major crossings	Dowra Bridge Carrick Bridge Jamestown Bridge Drumsna Bridge Roosky Bridge N6 Athlone bypass Shannonbridge Banagher bridge Portumna bridge Killaloe Bridge The Living Bridge University Bridge O'Briensbridge Shannon Bridge Limerick Tunnel Shannon Ferry All crossings of the River Shannon

Rivers of Ireland

List

Flowing north	Bann Bush Foyle Roe

Flowing to the Irish Sea	Avoca Boyne Camac Castletown Dargle Dodder Fane Lagan Liffey Naniken Newry Poddle Quoile Santry Slaney Tolka Vartry

Flowing to the Celtic Sea	Bandon Blackwater Lee Mahon The Three Sisters Barrow Nore Suir

Flowing to the Atlantic	Clare Corrib Erne Eske Feale Ferta Moy Robe Shannon Swilly

Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel Fergus Inny Maigue Mulkear River Nenagh River Suck

River names in italics indicate rivers which are partially or wholly in Northern Ireland, with the rest being wholly in the Republic of Ireland

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