15/10/1941: FISHERY

Definition No. D. 137. No. 102 or BANGOR DISTRICT.

Definition No. D. 137. No. 102 or BANGOR DISTRICT.

TIDAL AND FRESHWATER BOUNDARIES OF THE NEWPORT RIVER. BURRISHOOLE OR SRAHMORE RIVER, OWENGARVE RIVER, BELLAVEENY RIVER, OWENDUFF OR BALLYCROY RIVER AND OWENMORE RIVER.

I, SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN, Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers exercisable by me under the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1939, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling do hereby define and mark out

(1) the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Newport River in the No. 10² or Bangor District to be an imaginary straight line drawn across the said river at right angles to its course from the most easterly point of the boundary wall of the premises known as Riverside House situated in the townland of Barrackhill ;

(2) the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Burrishoole or Srahmore River in the No. 10² or Bangor District to be

(a) the base of the falls known as The Leap in the townlands of Furnace and Lettermaghera South, and

(b) an imaginary straight line drawn across and at right angles to the course of the artificial channel in the townland of Furnace which connects Lough Feeagh with Furnace Lough and 30 yards downstream from the downstream face of the road bridge over the said channel ;

(3) the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Owengarve River in the No. 10² or Bangor District to be an imaginary straight line drawn across the said river at right angles to its course 90 yards upstream from the upstream face of the bridge nearest the sea over the said river situated in the townland of Rosgalliv ;

(4) the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Bellaveeny River in the No. 10² or Bangor District to be the upstream face of the bridge nearest the sea over the said river situated in the townland of Bellaveeny ;

(5) the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Owenduff or Ballycroy River in the No. 10² or Bangor District to be the downstream face of the weir next below the bridge nearest the sea over the said river situated in the townland of Srahnamanragh ; and

(6) the boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Owenmore River in the No. 10² or Bangor District to be an imaginary straight line drawn across the said river at right angles to its course 420 yards downstream from the disused salmon weir in the said river between the townlands of Goolamore and Ballina.

Given under my Official Seal this 15th day of December, 1941.

(Signed) SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Agriculture.

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