THE RIVER BOYNE By Michael Connelly

THE IRISH NAME FOR THE BOYNE IS ABHAINN NA

IOAMHAN.

IT IS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND .

IT IS IN THE REGION OF LEINSTER AND ONE OF ITS

TRIBUTARIES IS THE LEINSTER BLACKWATER.

THE SOURCE OF THE BOYNE IS TRINITY WELL,

NEW BERRY HALL IN KILDARE .

THE MOUTH IS at Drogheda where it flows

intoTHE IRISH SEA

THE RIVERS BOYNE IS 2695KM OR (1041)SQMIL .

SALMON AND TROUT CAN BE CAUGHT IN THE RIVER. WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY THE BOYNE VALLEY. IT IS CROSSED JUST WEST OF DROGHEDA BY THE BOYNE RIVER BRIDGE THAT CARRIES THE M1 MOTORWAY

AND THE BOYNE VIADUCT THAT CARRIES THE DUBLIN-BELFAST RAILWAY LINE TO THE EAST .

DESPITE ITS SHORT COURSE THE BOYNE HAS HISTORICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL AND MYTHICAL

CONNOTATIONS.THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE, A MAJOR IRISH BATTLE,

TOOK PLACE ALONG THE BOYNE NEAR DROGHEDA IN 1690.

THE BOYNE.

THE END.