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title="Riu Boyne – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Riu Boyne" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бойн – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Бойн" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Boyne" title="River Boyne – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="River Boyne" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afon_Boyne" title="Afon Boyne – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Afon Boyne" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne_ibaia" title="Boyne ibaia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Boyne ibaia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86" title="رود بوین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رود بوین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne_(Irlande)" title="Boyne (Irlande) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Boyne (Irlande)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Bh%C3%B3inn" title="An Bhóinn – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Bhóinn" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Bh%C3%B3inn" title="An Bhóinn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="An Bhóinn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Boyne" title="Río Boyne – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Boyne" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mto_Boyne" title="Mto Boyne – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mto Boyne" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li 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href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86" title="نهر بوين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر بوين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E5%B7%9D" title="ボイン川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボイン川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne" title="Boyne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Boyne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Boyne" title="Rio Boyne – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Boyne" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD" title="Бойн – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бойн" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyne_(rieka_v_%C3%8Drsku)" title="Boyne (rieka v Írsku) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Boyne (rieka v Írsku)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a 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class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">River in Leinster, Ireland</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Boyne Valley" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Boyne_Valley_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Boyne Valley (disambiguation)">Boyne Valley (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">River Boyne<br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size:78%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">An Bhóinn</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>)</span></li><li><span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Abhainn na Bóinne</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>)</span></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG/250px-20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG/375px-20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG/500px-20130808_bru_na_boinne07.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; 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font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Counties</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">Offaly</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data">Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near <a href="/wiki/Carbury,_County_Kildare" title="Carbury, County Kildare">Carbury</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=River_Boyne&params=53.351906542854_N_6.9568091000217_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°21′07″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°57′25″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.351906542854074°N 6.956809100021702°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.351906542854074; -6.956809100021702</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Between <a href="/wiki/Mornington,_County_Meath" title="Mornington, County Meath">Mornington</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baltray" title="Baltray">Baltray</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">County Louth</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=River_Boyne&params=53.72173_N_6.23813_W_type:river"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°43′18″N</span> <span class="longitude">6°14′17″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.72173°N 6.23813°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.72173; 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It rises at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trinity_Well&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trinity Well (page does not exist)">Trinity Well</a>, Newberry Hall, near <a href="/wiki/Carbury,_County_Kildare" title="Carbury, County Kildare">Carbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a>, and flows towards the Northeast through <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath</a> to reach the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea" title="Irish Sea">Irish Sea</a> between <a href="/wiki/Mornington,_County_Meath" title="Mornington, County Meath">Mornington, County Meath</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baltray" title="Baltray">Baltray</a>, County Louth. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names_and_etymology">Names and etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names and etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This river has been known since ancient times. The Greek geographer <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> drew a map of <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> in the 2nd century which included the Boyne,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he called <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Βουουίνδα</span></span> (<i>Bouwinda</i>) or <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Βουβίνδα</span></span> (<i>Boubinda</i>), which in Celtic means "white cow" (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">bó fhionn</i>). During the High Middle Ages, <a href="/wiki/Giraldus_Cambrensis" class="mw-redirect" title="Giraldus Cambrensis">Giraldus Cambrensis</a> called it the <i>Boandus</i>. In <a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish mythology</a> it is said that the river was created by the <a href="/wiki/Goddess" title="Goddess">goddess</a> <a href="/wiki/Boann" title="Boann">Boann</a> and Boyne is an anglicised form of the name.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other legends, it was in this river where <a href="/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhail" class="mw-redirect" title="Fionn mac Cumhail">Fionn mac Cumhail</a> captured Fiontán, the <a href="/wiki/Salmon_of_Knowledge" title="Salmon of Knowledge">Salmon of Knowledge</a>. The Meath section of the Boyne was also known as <i>Smior Fionn Feidhlimthe</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the 'marrow of Fionn Feilim'). The tidal estuary of the Boyne, which extends inland as far as the confluence with the <a href="/wiki/Mattock_River" title="Mattock River">Mattock River</a>, 'the curly hole', had a number of names in Irish literature and was associated as a place of departure and arrival in the ancient legends and myths, such as The Tragedy of the Sons of Tuireann, Togail Bruidne Dá Derga, &c. In the <a href="/wiki/Acallam_na_Sen%C3%B3rach" title="Acallam na Senórach">Acallam na Senórach</a> the estuary has the name <i>Inber Bic Loingsigh</i>, abounding in ships. <i>Inber Colpa</i> or <i>Inber Colptha</i> was the principal name for the mouth of the Boyne in early medieval times. The townlands and civil parish of Colp, or Colpe on its southern shore preserve the name. It was associated in myth with Colpa of the Sword, a son of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%ADl_Esp%C3%A1ine" title="Míl Espáine">Míl Espáine</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Milesians_(Irish)" title="Milesians (Irish)">Milesian</a> origin of the Irish, who drowned in the attempt to land there and is by tradition buried in the ringfort behind Colpe church. An alternative <a href="/wiki/Dindsenchas" title="Dindsenchas">Dindsenchas</a> tradition associates the name with the Máta, a massive aquatic creature, which having been killed was dismembered at <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BA_na_B%C3%B3inne" title="Brú na Bóinne">Brú na Bóinne</a> was thrown in the Boyne. Its shinbone (colptha) reached the estuary giving name to Inber Colptha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course_and_geography">Course and geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Course and geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Boyne is lowland river, which is surrounded by the Boyne Valley. It is crossed just west of <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Mary_McAleese_Boyne_Valley_Bridge" title="Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge">Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge</a>, which carries the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway_(Republic_of_Ireland)" title="M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland)">M1 motorway</a>, and by the <a href="/wiki/Boyne_Viaduct" title="Boyne Viaduct">Boyne Viaduct</a>, which carries the <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> railway line to the east. The <a href="/wiki/Catchment" class="mw-redirect" title="Catchment">catchment</a> area of the River Boyne is 2,695 km<sup>2</sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-serbd_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-serbd-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The long term average <a href="/wiki/Volumetric_flow_rate" title="Volumetric flow rate">flow rate</a> of the River Boyne is 38.8 cubic metres (50.7 cu yd) per second.<sup id="cite_ref-serbd_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-serbd-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Significance">Significance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite its short course, the Boyne has historical, archaeological and mythical connotations. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne" title="Battle of the Boyne">Battle of the Boyne</a>, a major battle in <a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland" title="History of Ireland">Irish history</a>, took place along the Boyne near <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a> in 1690 during the <a href="/wiki/Williamite_war_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Williamite war in Ireland">Williamite war in Ireland</a>. It passes through the ancient town of <a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trim_Castle" title="Trim Castle">Trim Castle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hill_of_Tara" title="Hill of Tara">Hill of Tara</a> (the ancient capital of the High King of Ireland), <a href="/wiki/Navan" title="Navan">Navan</a>, the Hill of <a href="/wiki/Slane" title="Slane">Slane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BA_na_B%C3%B3inne" title="Brú na Bóinne">Brú na Bóinne</a> (a complex of <a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">megalithic</a> monuments), <a href="/wiki/Mellifont_Abbey" title="Mellifont Abbey">Mellifont Abbey</a>, and the medieval town of <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a>. In the Boyne Valley can also be found other historical and archaeological monuments, including Loughcrew, <a href="/wiki/Kells,_County_Meath" title="Kells, County Meath">Kells</a>, Celtic crosses, and castles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boyne_Canal">Boyne Canal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Boyne Canal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg/200px-Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg/300px-Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg/400px-Channel_of_the_Boyne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_455524.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Section of the Boyne canal which runs parallel to the main river around the Battle of the Boyne site west of Drogheda.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Boyne_Navigation" title="Boyne Navigation">Boyne Navigation</a> is a series of canals running roughly parallel to the main river from <a href="/wiki/Oldbridge" title="Oldbridge">Oldbridge</a> near <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a> to <a href="/wiki/Navan" title="Navan">Navan</a>. Owned by <a href="/wiki/An_Taisce" title="An Taisce">An Taisce</a> and mostly derelict, the <a href="/wiki/Inland_Waterways_Association_of_Ireland" title="Inland Waterways Association of Ireland">Inland Waterways Association of Ireland</a> are restoring the navigation to navigable status. The canal at Oldbridge which runs through the battle of the Boyne Site was the first to be restored. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistoric_art">Prehistoric art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Prehistoric art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A rock with indications of being <a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_art" title="Prehistoric art">Prehistoric art</a> was found in August 2013. Cliadh O’Gibne reported through the <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Survey_of_Ireland" title="Archaeological Survey of Ireland">Archaeological Survey of Ireland</a> that a boulder with geometric carvings had been found in <a href="/wiki/Donore,_County_Meath" title="Donore, County Meath">Donore, County Meath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_log-boat">Ancient log-boat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ancient log-boat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Boyne Fishermen's Rescue and Recovery Service (BFRRS), near <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">County Louth</a>, were doing one of their regular operations to remove shopping trolleys from the Boyne, in May 2013, when they discovered an ancient log boat, which experts believe may be 5000 years old. Initial examination by an underwater archaeologist, suggests it could be very rare because, unlike other log-boats found here, it has oval shapes on the upper edge which could have held oars. Investigations were on-going as of 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viking_ship">Viking ship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Viking ship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, the remains of a Viking ship were found in the river bed in <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a> during dredging operations. The vessel is to be excavated as it poses a hazard to navigation.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Annalistic_references">Annalistic references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Annalistic references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Annals_of_Inisfallen" title="Annals of Inisfallen">Annals of Inisfallen</a> (AI)</div> <ul><li>AI770.2 The battle of Bolg Bóinne [gained] against the Uí Néill, by the Laigin.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various species of <a href="/wiki/Trout" title="Trout">trout</a> inhabit the Boyne, namely <a href="/wiki/Brook_trout" title="Brook trout">brook trout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_trout" title="Brown trout">brown trout</a> and introduced <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_trout" title="Rainbow trout">rainbow trout</a>. There is also a <a href="/wiki/Steelhead" title="Steelhead">steelhead</a> in the spring and naturally reproducing <a href="/wiki/Salmon" title="Salmon">salmon</a> in the fall.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=River_Boyne&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output 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class="gallerytext">Aerial view of the River Boyne estuary and Drogheda.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne at Trim."><img alt="River Boyne at Trim." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg/150px-Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg/225px-Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg/300px-Trim_Castle_November_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne at Trim.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Poolboy_Bridge,_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne at Navan."><img alt="River Boyne at Navan." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Poolboy_Bridge%2C_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg/133px-Poolboy_Bridge%2C_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Poolboy_Bridge%2C_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg/200px-Poolboy_Bridge%2C_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Poolboy_Bridge%2C_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg/267px-Poolboy_Bridge%2C_Navan_-_geograph.org.uk_-_412366.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne at Navan.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Weir on Boyne near Stackallen"><img alt="Weir on Boyne near Stackallen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg/133px-Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg/200px-Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg/267px-Weir_on_Boyne_Near_Stackallen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_397151.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Weir on Boyne near Stackallen</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne at Dunmoe Castle."><img alt="River Boyne at Dunmoe Castle." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg/133px-Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg/200px-Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg/267px-Dunmoe_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_290230.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne at Dunmoe Castle.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne upstream from Slane."><img alt="River Boyne upstream from Slane." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg/133px-The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg/200px-The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg/267px-The_Boyne_Upstream_of_Slane_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499467.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne upstream from Slane.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_M1_Boyne_Bridge,_near_Drogheda,_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne passing under the Boyne Cable Bridge in Drogheda."><img alt="River Boyne passing under the Boyne Cable Bridge in Drogheda." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_M1_Boyne_Bridge%2C_near_Drogheda%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg/133px-The_M1_Boyne_Bridge%2C_near_Drogheda%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_M1_Boyne_Bridge%2C_near_Drogheda%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg/200px-The_M1_Boyne_Bridge%2C_near_Drogheda%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_M1_Boyne_Bridge%2C_near_Drogheda%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg/267px-The_M1_Boyne_Bridge%2C_near_Drogheda%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1414252.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne passing under the Boyne Cable Bridge in Drogheda.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boyne Viaduct over the River Boyne."><img alt="Boyne Viaduct over the River Boyne." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg/152px-Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg/227px-Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg/303px-Boyne_Viaduct_-_geograph.org.uk_-_315651.jpg 2x" data-file-width="634" data-file-height="419" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Boyne Viaduct over the River Boyne.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maiden_Tower,_Mornington,_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne at Mornington."><img alt="River Boyne at Mornington." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Maiden_Tower%2C_Mornington%2C_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg/133px-Maiden_Tower%2C_Mornington%2C_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Maiden_Tower%2C_Mornington%2C_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg/200px-Maiden_Tower%2C_Mornington%2C_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Maiden_Tower%2C_Mornington%2C_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg/267px-Maiden_Tower%2C_Mornington%2C_Co._Meath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_907284.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne at Mornington.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Boyne_(Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne)_-_Glebe,_County_Meath,_Ireland_-_August_8,_2017_-_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne."><img alt="River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017_-_01.jpg/90px-River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017_-_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017_-_01.jpg/136px-River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017_-_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017_-_01.jpg/181px-River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017_-_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7364" data-file-height="8149" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Boyne_(Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne)_-_Glebe,_County_Meath,_Ireland_-_August_8,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne."><img alt="River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017.jpg/150px-River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017.jpg/225px-River_Boyne_%28Abhainn_na_B%C3%B3inne%29_-_Glebe%2C_County_Meath%2C_Ireland_-_August_8%2C_2017.jpg 1.5x, 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title="Kill, County Kildare">Kill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilkea" title="Kilkea">Kilkea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmead" title="Kilmead">Kilmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmeage" title="Kilmeage">Kilmeage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilshanchoe" title="Kilshanchoe">Kilshanchoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilteel" title="Kilteel">Kilteel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lullymore" title="Lullymore">Lullymore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milltown,_County_Kildare" title="Milltown, County Kildare">Milltown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moone" title="Moone">Moone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narraghmore" title="Narraghmore">Narraghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nurney,_County_Kildare" title="Nurney, County Kildare">Nurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathcoffey" title="Rathcoffey">Rathcoffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robertstown,_County_Kildare" title="Robertstown, County Kildare">Robertstown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straffan" title="Straffan">Straffan</a></li> <li><a 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