Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bann, Upper

Bann, Upper, river, SW. co. Down, flowing from the Mourne mountains 25 m. NW. past Banbridge to Lough Neagh at Banfoot Ferry, N. co. Armagh. It is joined by the Newry Canal at Portadown. The salmon fisheries on the Lower and Upper Bann are very productive.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Down IrlC
Place names: BANN     |     BANN UPPER     |     UPPER BANN
Place: Upper Bann

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