Callan River
Callan River is a river in County Armagh, Northern Ireland which joins the River Blackwater 1.6 km upstream from Bond's Bridge. It is navigable by dinghy or canoe for 2 km to Fairlawn Bridge. It flows in a generally northerly direction from Tullnawood lake, past Darkley, passing within a few miles of Keady town, through Tassagh and on to Armagh. The Callan River, flowing by the city of Armagh, and the Tall River, running by Richhill, join together, and the united steam enters the Blackwater one mile below Charlemont[1]
Bridge over the Callan
The area upstream of Armagh has many former linen mills that were built to use the waterpower of the river. There is also a viaduct at Tassagh that once carried the railway line from Armagh to Keady.
People
- Niall Caille Mac Aedo (791-846) was King of Ireland and defeated the Danes at Derry in 833 and at Lough Swilly in 843. He drowned in the River Callan, near Armagh.[2]
See also
- List of rivers of Northern Ireland
References
- "Armagh - Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)". Library Ireland. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- "Niall Caille Mac Aedo". Dictionary of Ulster Biography. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
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