River Boyne | |
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Etymology | Proto-Celtic *bou-windā, "white cow" |
Native name | An Bhóinn (Irish) |
Location | |
Country | Ireland |
Region | Leinster |
Counties | Kildare, Offaly, Meath, Louth |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury |
• location | County Kildare |
• coordinates | 53°21′07″N 6°57′25″W / 53.351906542854074°N 6.956809100021702°W |
Mouth | Irish Sea |
• location | Between Mornington, County Meath, and Baltray, County Louth |
• coordinates | 53°43′18″N 6°14′17″W / 53.72173°N 6.23813°W |
Length | 112 km (70 mi) |
Basin size | 2,695 km2 (1,041 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 38.8 m3/s (1,370 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | River Blackwater |
The River Boyne (Irish: An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 mi) long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows north-east through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington, County Meath, and Baltray, County Louth.