Abbert River

Abbert River
Native name	Abhainn na hAbarta
Etymology	Unknown
Country	Ireland
Basin
Main source	Gortnahultra, County Galway
River mouth	Galway Bay via River Clare, Lough Corrib, River Corrib
Physical characteristics
Length	40.64 kilometres (25.25 mi)

The Abbert River (Irish: Abhainn na hAbarta^[1]) is a river in County Galway, Ireland, a tributary of the River Clare.^[2]^[3]

Course

The Abbert River rises in the Killaclogher Bog Natural Heritage Area. It flows westwards under the N63 (passing Abbeyknockmoy) and R347, then drains into the River Clare at Anbally.

The Abbert River is a trout fishery.^[4]

Rivers of Ireland

List

Flowing north	Bann Bush Foyle Roe

Flowing to the Irish Sea	Avoca Boyne Camac Castletown Dargle Dodder Fane Lagan Liffey Naniken Newry Poddle Quoile Santry Slaney Tolka Vartry

Flowing to the Celtic Sea	Bandon Blackwater Lee Mahon The Three Sisters Barrow Nore Suir

Flowing to the Atlantic	Clare Corrib Erne Eske Feale Ferta Moy Robe Shannon Swilly

Tributaries of the Shannon	Abbey River Boyle River Brosna Deel Fergus Inny Maigue Mulkear River Nenagh River Suck

River names in italics indicate rivers which are partially or wholly in Northern Ireland, with the rest being wholly in the Republic of Ireland

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