The Ollatrim River (

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: ''Abhainn Chalatroma'') rises in

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 ...

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. It joins the

Nenagh River Nenagh (, ; or simply ''An tAonach'') meaning “The Fair of Ormond” or simply "The Fair", is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the East Munster Ormon ...

east of

Nenagh Nenagh (, ; or simply ''An tAonach'') meaning “The Fair of Ormond” or simply "The Fair", is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the East Munster Ormond ...

town and together they flow into Lough Derg north of

Dromineer Dromineer The earliest form of the name dating from 1302 was Dromynwyr 4() is a small village and townland in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated on the shores of Lough Derg on the River Shannon. The village is located 10 km north ...

. A short section of the river forms the border between County Offaly and County Tipperary. The river flows through the

Townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic orig ...

of Ollatrim.

Recreation

The Ollatrim river, is popular for

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, it holds a stock of wild

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 ...

and

trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', '' Salmo'' and '' Salvelinus'', all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae. The word ''trout'' is also used as part of the name of some non-salm ...

. The Ormonde Anglers Association were allocated funds to improve areas of both the Ollatrim and Nenagh rivers. There are 15 km of trout fishing on the Ollatrim.

Bridges

Rathurles Bridge, a three arched road bridge built in the 18th Century in the townland of Rathurles is listed as being of Architectural and Technical interest. Bridge at Cloonmore is listed as being of Architectural and Technical interest Aghnameadle Bridge, a three arched bridge built in the late 18th Century in the townland of Barngrotty in County Offaly is listed as being of Architectural and Technical interest.

References

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