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Encyclopedia > River Bann

The River Bann is the largest river in Northern Ireland. The Upper Bann rises in the Mourne Mountains and flows into Lough Neagh, while the Lower Bann flows north from Lough Neagh to the sea at Portstewart. The total length is 80 miles (129km). The Murray River in Australia. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)4 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages none English is the most widely used language; Irish has official recognition. ... The granite Mountains of Mourne are located in the first proposed national park of Northern Ireland. ... Lough Neagh Lough Neagh (pronounced ; Irish Loch nEathach ) in Northern Ireland is the largest lough, or body of freshwater, in the British Isles, with an area of 388 square kilometres. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Portstewart (Port Stíobhaird in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. ... A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

See also: List of rivers of Northern Ireland


List of rivers of Northern Ireland This list is an alphabetical listing of rivers in Northern Ireland Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Annacloy River...

Rivers of Ireland
Flowing north: Foyle | Bann | Bush | Lagan | Quoile | Clanrye
Flowing to the Irish Sea: Fane | Boyne | Liffey | Avoca | Slaney
Flowing south: The Three Sisters (Barrow, Nore, Suir) | Blackwater | Lee | Bandon
Flowing to the Atlantic: Shannon | Feale | Corrib | Erne

Major tributaries of the Shannon: Deel | Brosna | Inny | Suck | Maigue
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Irish Scabbards (4059 words)
The Bann scabbards were produced by craftsmen with a detailed knowledge of all the finer subtleties of British and Continental scabbard engraving.
The Bann scabbards are critical in a consideration of the origins and chronology of the La Tene Iron Age in the country and have at all times figured prominently in discussions on such topics.
The artificer of Bann 1 was, perhaps, the most successful of all the scabbard-makers at embellishing the scabbard-tip, for he succeeded in continuing, almost to the end, the same pattern as on the main portion of the plate, though in attenuated form.
BBC - h2g2 - The River Bann, Northern Ireland (1893 words)
The River Bann (An Bhanna in Gaelic) is the longest river in Northern Ireland, flowing for a total of 129 kilometres (80 miles), from the Mountains of Mourne to the Atlantic Ocean in the north.
These are the principal areas of interest and population that lie along the River Bann from the south, where it rises, to the north, where it enters the sea, and just a little about the points of interest along its course.
It straddles the Bann and the county boundaries of Antrim and Londonderry.
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