The River Nore (
Ireland) rises on the eastern slopes of the Devil's Bit Mountain in Co.
Tipperary and, at first, flows
east through Borris-in-Ossory and then turns south through Co. Kilkenny, passing through Durrow, Ballyragget, Kilkenny City, Bennetsbridge and Thomastown before meeting the
tide at the lovely
village of Inistioge. It is 87 miles long and drains a total catchment of 977 square miles. It rises on a
sandstone base but the catchment soon turns to
limestone and remains so to the
sea.
The river has a fairly steep
gradient but the
flow is checked by innumerable
weirs it is probably true to say that shallow glides are the predominant feature.
It is a sister River of the
Barrow and the
Suir. Together they are known as
The Three Sisters (a common Irish pub quiz question)