词条 | River Glyde |
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| name = River Glyde | name_native = An Casán |name_etymology = for its "gliding" through an extensive flat country |image = River Gylde at Glydefarm, Co. Louth - geograph.org.uk - 1293543.jpg | image_caption = River Glyde at Glydefarm | source1_location = Bailieborough | mouth_location = Irish Sea at Annagassan via River Dee | length = {{convert|55.9|km|abbr=on}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Ireland | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | basin_size = {{Convert|348|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = |tributaries_left = }} The River Glyde is a river in north-eastern Ireland, flowing from Co. Cavan to Co. Louth. CourseThe Glyde rises in the town of Bailieborough in Cavan, the upper reaches are sometimes known as the Lagan River, but after the Killanny River joins, exclusively as the Glyde. Another tributary is the River Dee. The Glyde flows in a south-easterly direction before entering the sea at Annagassan in Louth, site of the recently rediscovered ninth-century Viking longphort Linn Duachaill. {{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}. The river is {{convert|34.75|mi|km}}[1] long. LeisureThe salmon and sea trout season here is from 1 February - 20 August. The Killanny River contain stocks of sea trout and salmon. The Glyde Rangers Gaelic Athletic Association team, founded in 1926, from Tallanstown in Co. Louth is named after the River Glyde. References1. ^Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference) {{coord|53|53|N|6|21|W|display=title|region:IE_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2011}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Glyde}}{{Cavan-geo-stub}}{{Louth-geo-stub}}{{Ireland-river-stub}} 2 : Rivers of County Cavan|Rivers of County Louth |
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