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Cregg River

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- left
  
Waterdale

- elevation
  
8 m (26 ft)

Province
  
Connacht

- elevation
  
20 m (66 ft)

Length
  
11 km

Country
  
Republic of Ireland

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- location
  
Aughclogeen, Corrandulla, County Galway, Ireland

- location
  
Barranny, Lough Corrib, County Galway, Ireland

The Cregg River (Irish: Abhainn na Creige) is a river in County Galway, Ireland. The river rises from a spring a half mile to the north of Cregg Mill, and flows for about seven miles into Lough Corrib. The upper stretch of the river is a nursery for fish stocking of Lough Corrib, while salmon and brown trout fishing is permitted on the lower stretches.

Map of Cregg River, Co. Galway, Ireland

The Cregg River once powered three watermills, of which the converted Cregg Mill is the remaining example. The three mills stood together around the Cregg Mill bridge. The bridge there consists of seventeen arches, but only one arch is currently used. The nineteenth century Ordnance Survey Ireland maps show that the river was much wider at that point. However, due to artificial changes to the water level of Lough Corrib and the canalisation of the river, the river is now much narrower.

References

Cregg River Wikipedia