Rivers Of Northern Ireland
This is a list of main rivers in Ireland as a whole. It includes rivers that flow through the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Rivers that flow through Northern Ireland are marked with an asterisk (*).
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—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
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—D.H. (David Herbert)
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—Patrick Henry Pearse (1879–1916)