The Curraheen River (; also spelled Curragheen) is a river in County Cork and Cork City, Ireland, a tributary of the River Lee.
Name
The river's name references the Curraheen townland (Inniskenny civil parish).
In the
Irish language, the river bears the name
An tSabhrainn, from the
Proto-Celtic *
Sabrinā, the same name as the
Hafren and the
River Severn.
It is named, as
Sabraind, in the 12th century poem Aislinge Meic Con Glinne, although some scholars translate this as "
River Lee."
Course
The Curraheen River forms at the confluence of several rivulets in the
Ballincollig–Curraheen area.
It flows north and then east, under the N22 and N40 roads, flowing past Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium. In
Bishopstown it turns northwards, flowing to the west of
Cork IT's campus. It flows under the Model Farm Road (R608) and then bends eastwards, where there is a river walk.
The Curraheen River then flows under the R608 at Victoria Cross and drains into the
River Lee to the southwest of
Cork City.
Wildlife
Fish species include
brown trout,
Atlantic salmon, European river lamprey and European brook lamprey.
There was a major fish kill of brown trout on the Curraheen River in 2016, due to a sewage leak.
An invasive American rodent, the coypu, has been spotted on the Curraheen River from 2016 onward.
See also
