The River Bush (from the Irish: an Bhuais)[3] is a river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The River Bush is 33.5 miles (53.9 km) long.[4] The river's source is in the Antrim Hills at 480m. From there the river flows northwest, with a bend at the town of Armoy. It then flows west, passing through Stranocum, and then bends north, passing through Bushmills before reaching the sea at Portballintrae on the North Antrim coast. It flows through a fertile valley devoted to grassland-based agriculture with limited arable cropping. The underlying geology is basalt and the water is slightly alkaline with magnesium making an unusually large contribution to total hardness. The river supports indigenous stocks of Atlantic salmon and brown trout.[5] Saint Columb's Rill, which is a tributary of the river, is the source of water used for distilling Bushmills whiskey.

River Bush
Etymology	Old Irish búas, "stream, flow, gush" or "abounding in cattle"[1][2]
Native name	An Bhuais  (Irish)
Location
Country	Northern Ireland
Counties	Antrim
District	Causeway Coast and Glens
Cities	Bushmills, Stranocum, Armoy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Antrim Mountains, Northern Ireland
Mouth
• location	Portballintrae, Northern Ireland
Length	54 km (34 mi)
Basin size	340 km2 (130 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Portballintrae

Angling

The River Bush has traditionally been a salmon-fishing river, though the numbers dwindled in the late 20th and early 21st century.[6][7] The River Bush still offers excellent salmon fishing. It is managed as a premier salmon river by Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), Inland Fisheries Division.[8]

See also

• List of rivers of Northern Ireland
• Rivers of Ireland

References

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[it] Bush (fiume)

[ru] Буш (река)