River Nore
| River Nore (An Fheoir) | |
| River | |
 River Nore in the City of Kilkenny.
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| Name origin: Old Irish: Eoir | |
| State | Republic of Ireland |
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| Region | Leinster |
| Counties | County Tipperary, County Laois, County Kilkenny, County Waterford |
| Part of | Three Sisters |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | River Suir |
| - right | River Barrow |
| Source | Devil's Bit Mountain |
| - location | County Tipperary |
| Mouth | Celtic Sea |
| - location | Waterford Harbour, County Waterford |
| Length | 140 km (87 mi) |
| Basin | 2,530 km2 (977 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 42.9 m3/s (1,515 cu ft/s) |
 Map of the Nore's course
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The River Nore (Irish: An Fheoir) is a 140-kilometre (87 mi) long river located in south-east of Ireland. Along with the River Suir and River Barrow, it is one of the constituent rivers of the group known as the Three Sisters. The river drains approximately 977 square miles (2,530 km2) of Leinster. The long term average flow rate of the River Nore is 42.9 cubic metres per second (m3/s) The river rises in the Devil's Bit Mountain, County Tipperary. Flowing generally southeast, and then south, before emptying into the Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour, Waterford.
Parts of the river are listed as Special Areas of Conservation.
The river is known in Irish as An Fheoir [ənˠ oːɾʲ], possibly referring to féar, "grass." In 1732 John Loveday spelled it Neor and Neure.
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. The river passes near Durrow, County Laois then through Ballyragget, the city of Kilkenny and then the villages of Bennettsbridge and Thomastown. It flows through the Mount Juliet estate. 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 Dinan, the Breagagh at Kilkenny City, the King's River, the Little Arrigle and the Black Water.
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