The Ballyfinboy River rises close to

Moneygall Moneygall () is a small village on the border of counties Offaly and Tipperary, in Ireland. It is situated on the R445 road between Dublin and Limerick. There were 313 people living in the village as of the 2016 census. Moneygall has a Catholic ...

in County Offaly,

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

and flows in a generally northwesterly direction into Lough Derg at Drominagh. It forms part of the boundary between

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after t ...

and County Offaly. The river flows through the towns of

Cloughjordan Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan ( , ), is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the barony of Ormond Lower, and it is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The town is situated in the north-western part of T ...

and Borrisokane west of which it flows past

Ballyfinboy Ballyfinboy () is a townland in the historical Barony (Ireland), Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located between Borrisokane and Finnoe and shares its name with the Ballyfinboy River which flows by. B ...

Castle, a ruined

tower house A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strateg ...

with a Sheela na gig in the townland of

Bridges

Knockearl Bridge carries the R491 road from County Offaly on the south bank across the river to Cloughjordan on the north bank in County Tipperary An ornate stone bridge with cast iron railings carries the avenue leading to

Modreeny Modreeny () is a townland and a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary in Ireland situated on the R490 road between the towns of Borrisokane and Cloughjordan. Ormond Foxhounds are based at kennels at Modreeny. B ...

across the Ballyfinboy. Modern pedestrian bridges in Borrisokane town park link the two sections of the park, north and south of the river. Ballinderry Bridge carries the R493 road across the river. It is an elegant five arch bridge with low arches. The three arched Drominagh Demesne Toll Bridge was built by the land owner in 1776 the now disused shelter for the toll collector is still visible.

Angling

An electric fishing survey of the river at

Ballinderry Ballinderry () is a small civil and ecclesiastical parish on both sides of the County Londonderry / County Tyrone border in Northern Ireland. It is a rural parish of about 350 houses and lies on the western shores of Lough Neagh. The parish c ...

was conducted in September 2012 by Inland Fisheries Ireland. Species noted here were Brown trout (26) and

Salmon Salmon () is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the family Salmonidae, which are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus ''Salmo'') and North Pacific (genus '' Oncorhy ...

(15).

References

Rivers of County Offaly Rivers of County Tipperary Tributaries of the River Shannon Borrisokane Cloughjordan {{Ireland-river-stub