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Bueach. — The River Burach is a mountain stream in the parish of 

 Skreen, county of Sligo, which discharges itself into a small creek of 

 the sea to the east of Aughros Head. There are no trout in it, 

 because in summer it is dried up, and in winter the floods rush down 

 its channel suddenly, like a wave. In Irish it is called abainn na 

 bupaige, which signifies the river of sudden swelling or flood. 



Bush [buaip]. — The River Bush, in the barony of Dunluce, county 

 of Antrim. According to the Book of Conquests by O'Clery, and in 

 the Book of Leacan, it flowed between the ancient territories of Dal- 

 Araide and Dal-Riada, and was one of those discovered by Partholan 

 on his arrival in this country, which would go to show that it has 

 been considered to be a very old river. In Irish it is written bu ap, 

 Gen. buaipe, Dat. bump, and the name may signify the Rapid-flowing 

 Biver, the word buaftap, victory or triumph, being the modern form 

 of it. 



Camowen [Cam abainn]. — Camowen River, in the county of 

 Tyrone, according to Seward. The name Camowen is compounded of 

 cam, crooked, and abainn, a river, and signifies the Winding Biver. 

 There is a small trout river near Lough Gur, and not far from Brough, 

 in the county of Limerick, called the Cam 65, compounded of cam, 

 crooked, and 65, a diminutive particle, and therefore it signifies the 

 small winding river. 



Claddy [Claooac]. — The River Claodach, in the county of Cork, 

 falls into the Blackwater on the south side, near the railway viaduct, 

 above the town of Mallow. It is written, Norn. Claofrac, Gen. Clao- 

 fraige, Dat. Claobaig, and is derived from the word claooab, sub- 

 duing, conquering, overpowering ; and the name, therefore, signifies 

 the rapid-flowing river, that overpowers every obstacle in its way, and 

 is thus described in the fore-mentioned poem : — [See Bough ty Biver] : 



Cpamn lp clooa oapcollao 05 an sClaobuis, 

 Trees and stones torn in pieces by the Claodach. 



I am told there is another river of this name that falls into the Biver 

 Lee. 



Cladt [Clabaig]. — The River Clady, in the district of Gweedore, 

 on the estate of Lord George Hill, in the county of Donegal, issues 

 out of a chain of three lakes, four miles long, and, flowing deeply by the 

 celebrated Gweedore Hotel, falls into the $aec t>obaip, or the 

 creek of Dobhar, from which the district is called Gweedore. It is 

 stated that this Dobhar was a chief who lived on one of the islands on 

 the coast of Donegal. The Biver Clady flows a distance of about four 

 miles from the lakes to Bunbeg (the small mouth of the river), over 

 several cascades, and in winter its current is so forcible and over- 

 whelming, that, like its namesake in the county of Cork, everything is 

 torn in pieces by the torrent of the Clady River. By the people the 

 two rivers are pronounced Cladagh, and Clady, in both localities. 



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