HERE - Inland Fisheries Ireland

Shannon International River Basin District Rivers Report 2009
4.2 Boat sites
4.2.1 The Creegh River
Plate 4.12. The Creegh River at Drumellihy Bridge downstream of Creegh, Co. Clare
The Creegh River (Plate 4.12) is located in south-west Co. Clare. It enters the sea at Carrowmore
Dunes, approximately 1km north-east of Doonbeg, between Rinnagonnaght Strand and White Strand.
Despite being a relatively small river and frequently in spate, the Creegh is known for good stocks of
sea trout and small runs of salmon during floods in early summer.
The survey site was located upstream of Drumellihy Bridge (Fig.4.34). Three electric-fishing passes
were conducted using one boat-based electric fishing unit on the 14 th of September 2009 along a
159m stretch of river channel. Glide was the most abundant habitat present, whilst cobble and gravel
dominated the substrate. The mean wetted width and mean depth of the stretch surveyed were 7.3m
and 33.0cm respectively. Macrophyte vegetation present included various mosses as well as
submerged and emergent species. A total wetted area of 1,162m 2 was surveyed.
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