Leaffony River

The Leaffony River is a small river that runs through County Sligo in Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Cullens River.

Leaffony River
Bridge over River Leaffony
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinatesc. 54.165°N 8.972°W / 54.165; -8.972
Mouth 
 • location
Killala Bay
 • coordinates
54.2672°N 9.0623°W / 54.2672; -9.0623
Lengthc. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi)[lower-alpha 1]
Basin size35 km2 (14 sq mi)[1]

The 12.8 km (8 mi) river originates in County Sligo[2] and empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Pollacheeny Harbour some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Enniscrone on the west side of Killala Bay.[3][4][lower-alpha 2]

There are claims that the river may previously have been known as the Geloir, meaning clear and mentioned several times in old records of Sligo.[5][6]

References
  1. Length is approximate with a likely +/- 3km tolerance
  2. Pollacheeny Harbour is also referred to as Pullaheeney Harbour
  1. "National Report for Ireland on Eel Stock Recovery Plan" (PDF). Fisheries Secretariat. 19 December 2008. p. 94, 97.
  2. "Leaffony River: Ireland". Geographic Names. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston); Sullivan, A. M. (Alexander Martin) (25 May 1905). "Atlas and cyclopedia of Ireland". New York : Murphy & McCarthy – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Sligo". LibraryIreland. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston) (25 May 1875). "The origin and history of Irish names of places. (First [-second] series)". Dublin, McGlashan & Gill: [etc.,etc.] p. 68 – via Internet Archive.
  6. "Note 276 for The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O'Dowda's Country". celt.ucc.ie.
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