The River Deel (Irish: An Daoil) is in County Cork and County Limerick, Ireland.[1]

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River Deel
River Deel west of Rathkeale
Etymology	From Irish daol, "chafer"
Native name	An Daoil  (Irish)
Location
Country	Ireland
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Dromina, County Cork
Mouth	Shannon Estuary
• location	Mantlehill, County Limerick
Length	63.2 kilometres (39.3 mi)
Basin size	481 square kilometres (186 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	12.56 m3/s (444 cu ft/s)

The river rises near Dromina in north County Cork and flows north into County Limerick for over 60 km to enter the Shannon Estuary.

After it rises it passes the flowing areas, first Milford and down towards Belville bridge, then on to Castlemahon (Mahoonagh) and nearby Newcastle West, running parallel to the main Limerick-Killarney N21 road, to reach Rathkeale.

After leaving Rathkeale, the river crosses the N21 and flows north to Askeaton. It then crosses the N69 before entering the Shannon Estuary a further 4km north.

Name

The Deel derives its name from daol, an Irish word for a beetle, insect or worm, because of its winding, bending shape.

Fishing

The Deel was once a good salmon and grilse fishery but now is mainly fished for brown trout.

References

External links

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• Deel River Guide

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