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River Maigue

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The beautiful slow song in Irish, ‘Slán le Máigh’, was written by Aindrias Mac Craith, a poet from the local area who lived in the 18th century. The song is still widely sung and is also played as a slow air.
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flows in a westerly direction through Grange, Meanus and Manister and joins the Maigue upstream of Croom.
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Biology and Management of European Eel (Anguilla anguilla, L) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
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Ordnance Survey of Ireland: Rivers and their Catchment Basins 1958 (Table of Reference)
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The Morning Star is a little river which flows westwards through rich farmland through
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means simply, "the plain". In this case, "river of" is an implied auxiliary meaning.
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River in Counties Cork and Limerick, Ireland, flowing to the Shannon Estuary
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In ancient times the Maigue was central to the territories of the
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Irish
Bruree
Croom
Adare
Mouth
Shannon Estuary
County Limerick
/ˈmeɪɥ/
Irish
County Cork
Ireland
River Glen
River Loobagh
County Limerick
Bruree
River Morning Star
Croom
Adare
Shannon Estuary
Irish
Kildimo
Clarina
Limerick
N21 Road
O'Donovans
Uí Chairpre Áebda
FitzGerald dynasty
Irish
Trout

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