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506:Broadmeadow
221:brown trout
173:Lough Foyle
72:Lough Foyle
661:Blackwater
648:Celtic Sea
530:Glencullen
519:Castletown
312:11 October
257:logainm.ie
239:References
28:See also:
488:Irish Sea
364:2 January
291:2 January
217:sea trout
64:Glenshane
44:River Roe
916:Category
704:Atlantic
227:See also
157:pastoral
84:Limavady
80:Burnfoot
76:Dungiven
23:Roe Beck
886:55°04′N
863:italics
798:Shannon
796:of the
779:Shannon
598:Naniken
462:Faughan
207:Angling
178:lapwing
169:estuary
139:Geology
66:in the
889:7°00′W
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816:Brosna
784:Swilly
727:Corrib
717:Caragh
681:Barrow
656:Bandon
637:Vartry
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617:Santry
611:Quoile
586:Dodder
581:Poddle
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561:Liffey
525:Dargle
338:6 July
213:salmon
110:Origin
764:Maine
759:Ferta
754:Laune
744:Feale
722:Clare
671:Mahon
632:Tolka
604:Newry
593:Mayne
576:Camac
555:Lagan
542:Glyde
501:Boyne
496:Avoca
469:Foyle
124:Irish
88:Myroe
48:Irish
851:Suck
831:Inny
821:Deel
774:Robe
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691:Suir
686:Nore
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433:List
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