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796:Categories
573:Blackwater
560:Celtic Sea
442:Glencullen
431:Castletown
174:References
152:Town River
25:54°37′30″N
400:Irish Sea
227:Dundonald
154:, or the
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28:5°58′52″W
616:Atlantic
162:See also
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473:Liffey
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544:Tolka
516:Newry
505:Mayne
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454:Glyde
413:Boyne
408:Avoca
381:Foyle
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73:Irish
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733:Deel
686:Robe
661:Inny
651:Eske
645:Erne
603:Suir
598:Nore
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360:Bann
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