The Little Brosna River (An Bhrosnach Bheag in Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

) rises near Dunkerrin

Dunkerrin

Dunkerrin is a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. It is located in County Offaly, Ireland on the main N7 road from Dublin to Limerick. The parish has 300 inhabitants as of the 2006 census....

, County Offaly

County Offaly

County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. It flows for 44km before joining the River Shannon

River Shannon

The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland at . It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception...

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Course

The river rises near Dunkerrin, and enters the River Shannon near Victoria Lock, Meelick

Meelick, County Galway

Meelick is a townland on the River Shannon in Ireland. It lies some 4 km southeast of Eyrecourt in County Galway.- Oldest Catholic Church in use :...

. It forms part of the boundary between County Offaly and County Tipperary.

Drainage

The Little Brosna Water Management

Water management

Water management is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources. In an ideal world. water management planning has regard to all the competing demands for water and seeks to allocate water on an equitable basis to satisfy all uses and demands...

Unit Action Plan covers 681km2 in County Offaly, North Tipperary and County Laois.