{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox river | name = River Goul | native_name ={{native name|ga|An Ghabhal}} | name_other = | name_etymology = | image = RiverGoul1876-2.jpg | image_size = 300px | image_caption = Goul near Galmoy | image_alt = | map = Nore River Map.jpg | map_size = 300px | map_caption = Map of the source of the Nore, Ireland | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Ireland | pushpin_map_size = 300 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth in Ireland | pushpin_map_alt = Map showing the location of the river mouth in Ireland | subdivision_type1 = Counties | subdivision_name1 = Tipperary, Kilkenny, Laois | subdivision_type2 = Towns | subdivision_name2 = Johnstown, Galmoy, Durrow | source1 = Slieveardagh Hills | source1_location = Slieveardagh Hills | source1_coordinates= {{coord|52|51|04|N|7|26|38|W|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{Convert|349|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth = Celtic Sea | mouth_location = Waterford Harbour, County Waterford | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52|11|N|6|56|W|display=inline}} | mouth_elevation = {{Convert|0|m|ft|abbr=on}} | progression = River Goul—River Erkina—River Nore | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = Ballyboodin Bridge }}
The '''River Goul''' ({{IPAc-en|'|g|au|l}}; {{langx|ga|An Ghabhal}}) is a river that flows through the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny and Laois in Ireland.<ref name=logainmGoul/> It is a tributary of the River Erkina which is in turn a tributary of the River Nore.
It has its source in the Slieveardagh Hills, approximately six kilometres south of Urlingford. <ref name=UrbanDesignStudy/> It enters the town from the southeast, passing under Main Street and making its way to the bridge at Urlingford Castle (and Mill). It flows north passing between Johnstown and Galmoy into County Laois before joining the River Erkina several kilometres west of Durrow.
==See also== * Rivers of Ireland
==References== ===Footnotes=== <references>
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<ref name=logainmGoul> ({{Harvnb|Fiontar|2008|loc=[https://www.logainm.ie/en/116596 An Ghabhal/River Goul]}}) </ref> <ref name=UrbanDesignStudy> ({{Harvnb|Kilkenny County Council|2004|loc=[https://kilkennycoco.kilkenny.ie/resources/eng/Services/Planning/LocalAreaPlans/Urlingford/UrlingfordUDFinalText.pdf Urban Design Study for Urlingford]}}) </ref> <!-- End Footnotes -->
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=== Sources === {{Refbegin}} <!-- Start Sources --> * {{cite web|author=Fiontar|author-link=Placenames Database of Ireland|title=Placenames Database of Ireland|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/|website=logainm.ie|publisher=Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs of the Government of Ireland|date=2008}} * {{cite web |author1=Kilkenny County Council |authorlink1=Kilkenny County Council |title=Urlingford Local Area Plan 2004 |url=https://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Planning/Development-Plans/Local%20Area%20Plans/Adopted_Local_Area_Plans/Local%20Area%20Plan%20Urlingford.html|website=kilkenny.ie |publisher=Kilkenny County Council |location=Kilkenny|date=2004|language=en}} <!-- End Sources --> {{Refend}}
=== Further reading === * {{cite book |author1=Department of Manuscripts |title=Map of land on the banks of River Goul, Ireland. |publisher=National Library of Ireland |url=http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000279156 |language=English}}
==External links==
* {{cite web|author=Fiontar|title=An Ghabhal/River Goul|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/116596 |website=logainm.ie}}
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{{coord|52|51|N|7|27|W|display=title|region:IE_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}
Category:Rivers of County Kilkenny Category:Rivers of County Tipperary Category:Rivers of County Laois