River Mahon ( ga, an Mhachain) flows from the

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Course

Falling down the 80-metre Mahon Falls and proceeding past a hawthorn "Fairy Tree", identified by ribbons tied to its branches (the tree was chopped down and replanted), the river then passes through the village of

Mahon Bridge Mahon Bridge (), also spelled Mahonbridge, is a village in the parish of Kilrossanty in mid County Waterford, Ireland, located on the R676 road between Carrick on Suir and Dungarvan. The nearest town is Kilmacthomas. Amenities The village has a ...

and on past

Flahavan's Flahavan's is an Irish milling company which has been run by the Flahavan family since about 1785 located in the village of Kilmacthomas. The current chairman is John Flahavan.

Mill and under the 8-arched rail bridge in

Kilmacthomas Kilmacthomas or Kilmactomas (), often referred to locally as "Kilmac", is a town on the River Mahon in County Waterford, Ireland. It lies on the R677, a road north of the N25 national primary road from Dungarvan to Waterford. History During ...

. The river is joined by the ''Ách Mór'' tributary river at

Ballylaneen Ballylaneen ( previously spelt as Baile Uí Laithín) is a small village and townland in County Waterford, Ireland, approximately halfway between the villages of Kilmacthomas and Bunmahon on a hill by the River Mahon. Features The village feat ...

and ends its journey three miles further downstream at

Bunmahon Bunmahon (), also called Bonmahon, is a coastal village in County Waterford, Ireland, at the mouth of the River Mahon. During the 19th century, when copper mines operated in the area, Bonmahon was a mining village. As of the 21st century, the ...

on Ireland's south coast. It drains into the region of the

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known as the

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Former mills

In former times, the river powered five different mills, one at Mahon Bridge, three at Kilmacthomas and one at

Sport

The river is popular with whitewater kayakers. There has been no known source-to-sea descent to date but the river has been paddled from Mahon Bridge to the sea at Bonmahon by an international team of B1 and B2 kayakers in August 2012. On 21 October 2005, Michael Reynolds, a kayaker from Tramore, County Waterford, performed the only known descent in a kayak of the vertical 55 foot drop at the top of Mahon falls. Bonmahon Beach

References

{{Rivers of Ireland Mahon Waterfalls of the Republic of Ireland