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{{Short description|River in southern Ireland, one of the Three Sisters}}
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| name_etymology = [[Old Irish]]: Eoir<ref name="ócíobháin2007">{{Harvnb|Ó Cíobháin|2007}}.</ref>
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The '''River Nore''' ({{lang-ga|An Fheoir}} {{IPA-ga|
Starting in the [[Devil's Bit]] Mountain, [[County Tipperary]], the river flows generally southeast, and then south, before its confluence with the River Barrow at Ringwood, and the [[Barrow Bridge|Barrow railway bridge]] at Drumdowney, County Kilkenny, which empties into the [[Celtic Sea]] at [[Waterford Harbour]], [[Waterford]].
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==Name==
Nore is an anglicisation of the river's [[Old Irish language|Old Irish]] name ''An Eoir'';<ref>"Breandán Ó Cíobháin has confirmed that the modern name ... An Fheoir does represent the early form An Eoir ... with an initial sound that was represented in English as 'yeo'", and therefore cognate with ''Ioriponte'', the original name of [[Jerpoint]], in Kilkenny. (An Chomhairle Oidhreachta/The Heritage Council, 2007, ''Newtown Jerpoint, County Kilkenny: Conservation Plan''. Dublin, Heritage Council, p.53.)</ref> the modern [[Irish language|Irish]] name is ''An Fheoir''. As such, the name is believed to be derived, etymologically, from Old Irish {{lang|sga|feórann}}: "green bank or shoreland."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dil.ie/search?search_in=headword&q=fe%C3%B3rann|title = EDIL - Irish Language Dictionary}}</ref> Modern Irish {{lang|ga|feora}} means "green bank, edge or shore of sea, lake or river". In regard to "An Fheoir, the Nore (g. -e, al. An Eoir); al. Feor, cf. feora", ''Dinneen's Dictionary'' (1927) states: "Feoir g. -e, and Feorach, f. border, brim, edge; a stream or rivulet.”<ref>''Foclóir Gaedhilge agus Béarla'', Patrick S. Dinneen (ed.) 1996, (1st pub. 1927) reprinted 1996), p. 447.</ref>
The river is known in [[Irish language|Irish]] as ''An Fheoir''. The River Nore was mentioned in the [[Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee]] (Félire Óengusso Céli Dé), published before 824. He spoke, in [[Old Irish]], of {{lang|sga|re taeb Eoire uarglaine}} or "the cold-pure Nore."<ref>dil.ie/42762.</ref> A [[Middle Irish]] reference, from before 1420, refers to "The fair wide plain of the Feoir" (''Fiond-chlár fairsing na Feoire'').<ref>Archive.org, "The topographical poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na naomh O'Huidhrin," modern translation by John O’Donovan published in 1862.</ref>▼
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== Course ==
[[File:Bridge on the Nore. Kilkenny.jpg|thumb|Bridge over the Nore in [[Kilkenny]]]]
The Nore rises on the eastern slopes of the [[Devil's Bit Mountain]] in the [[townland]] of [[Borrisnoe]], [[County Tipperary]]. It then flows south-eastwards to [[County Laois]] and [[County Kilkenny]] before joining the [[River Barrow]] just north of [[New Ross]] near the [[Barrow Bridge]].<ref name="Hughes1863">{{Harvnb|Hughes|1863}}.</ref> The river passes near [[Durrow, County Laois]] then through [[Ballyragget]], the city of [[Kilkenny]] and then the villages of [[Bennettsbridge]] and [[Thomastown, County Kilkenny|Thomastown]]. Further south, it forms a picturesque V-shaped river valley, particularly notable near the village of [[Inistioge]], the [[tidal limit]]. Major tributaries of the Nore include the [[River Dinan|Dinan]], the Breagagh at [[Kilkenny|Kilkenny City]], the [[Kings River (Ireland)|King's River]], the Little Arrigle and the Black Water.
[[File:Riverbykilkennycastle1.jpg|alt=<nowiki>The river nore as seen from [[Kilkenny Castle]]</nowiki>|center|thumb|The river nore as seen from [[Kilkenny Castle]]]]
List of places along the river.
* [[Devil's Bit Mountain]] (begins)
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* [[Kilkenny]]
* [[Bennettsbridge]]
* [[Thomastown, County Kilkenny|Thomastown]]
* [[Inistioge]]
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