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[[Image:Colebrooke_river.jpg|thumb|200px|A stretch of the River Colebrooke in Maguiresbridge]] | [[Image:Colebrooke_river.jpg|thumb|200px|A stretch of the River Colebrooke in Maguiresbridge]] | ||
The '''Colebrooke River''' is a river in [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. | The '''Colebrooke River''' is a river in [[County Fermanagh]], [[Northern Ireland]]. Its source is in the Sliabh Beagh mountains where its known as the ''Many Burns''. | ||
The river | The river flows in a south-westerly direction, through [[Maguiresbridge]], before merging with the [[Tempo River]] and finally entering [[Upper Lough Erne]] near Inishcollan, [[Lisnaskea]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Rivers - From ''Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland'' (1900) | work=Library Ireland | url=http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Fermanagh.php | accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref> | ||
==Angling== | ==Angling== | ||
The river has abundant large bream, roach, perch, rudd and pike. | The river has abundant large bream, roach, perch, rudd and pike. At the end of the season salmon and trout can be caught as they move from Lough Erne to their spawning grounds in the river's upper reaches.<ref>{{cite web | title=Colebrooke River | work=Discover Northern Ireland | url=http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/shortbreaks/product.aspx?ProductID=2436 | accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Colebrook River | work=DCAL - Fishing NI| url=http://www.dcal-fishingni.gov.uk/riversinfo/default.asp?river=ColebrookRiver-WILD| accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref> | ||
Some of the river is private fishing water on the [[Colebrooke Park]] estate.<ref>{{cite web | title=Colebrooke River | work=Guided Fishing | url=http://www.jxbreslin.com/new_page_4.htm | accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Colebrook Park Fishing | work=Colebrooke Park | url=http://www.colebrooke.info/fishing.htm | accessdate=2007-11-28}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:42, 29 January 2010
The Colebrooke River is a river in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Its source is in the Sliabh Beagh mountains where its known as the Many Burns.
The river flows in a south-westerly direction, through Maguiresbridge, before merging with the Tempo River and finally entering Upper Lough Erne near Inishcollan, Lisnaskea.[1]
Angling
The river has abundant large bream, roach, perch, rudd and pike. At the end of the season salmon and trout can be caught as they move from Lough Erne to their spawning grounds in the river's upper reaches.[2][3]
Some of the river is private fishing water on the Colebrooke Park estate.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Rivers - From Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)". Library Ireland. http://www.libraryireland.com/Atlas/Fermanagh.php. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ↑ "Colebrooke River". Discover Northern Ireland. http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/shortbreaks/product.aspx?ProductID=2436. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ↑ "Colebrook River". DCAL - Fishing NI. http://www.dcal-fishingni.gov.uk/riversinfo/default.asp?river=ColebrookRiver-WILD. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ↑ "Colebrooke River". Guided Fishing. http://www.jxbreslin.com/new_page_4.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
- ↑ "Colebrook Park Fishing". Colebrooke Park. http://www.colebrooke.info/fishing.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-28.