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Mulcair
Mulkear
Mulcair; Mulkear
	River Mulcair Weir, Annacotty
Etymology	Irish maol + cearn, (Ancient male name)
Native name	An Mhaoilchearn (Irish)
Location
Country	Ireland
Physical characteristics
Source	Slieve Felim Mountains Silvermine Mountains
Mouth	River Shannon
• coordinates	52°40′50″N 08°32′45″W / 52.68056°N 8.54583°W
• elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Length	21.5 km (13.4 mi)
Basin size	650 km2 (250 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	12.55 m3/s (443 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Shannon
Tributaries
• right	River Slievenohera

The River Mulcair, or Mulkear, rises in the Slieve Felim Mountains and Silvermine Mountains in Ireland, and flows through the east of County Limerick before joining the River Shannon outside Limerick city near Annacotty.

It flows through Counties Limerick and Tipperary with a catchment area of 650 km2^[2]. The principal tributaries are the Dead River, the Bilboa River at Cappamore, and the Newport River (Tipperary).^[3]

The River Mulcair is an Atlantic salmon and brown trout river with a 1 March to 30 September fishing season.^[4] The river is designated as catch and release for salmon.^[5]^[6] The ESB issue and monitor fishing permits for the river^[7].

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v t e River Shannon, Ireland (Basin)
Counties	Cavan Leitrim Roscommon Longford Westmeath Offaly Galway Tipperary Clare Limerick
Settlements	Dowra Ballinaglera Drumshanbo Carrick-on-Shannon Jamestown Drumsna Dromod Roosky Newtown Forbes Tarmonbarry Lanesborough-Ballyleague Athlone Shannonbridge Banagher Killaloe Limerick City
Major tributaries	Abbey Boyle Brosna Deel Inny Maigue Mulkear Nenagh Suck
Flows into	Shannon Estuary Atlantic Ocean
Linked canals	Shannon–Erne Waterway Jamestown Canal River Suck canal Boyle canal Lecarrow Canal Royal Canal Grand Canal Headrace canal (Ardnacrusha)
Major crossings	Dowra Bridge Carrick Bridge Jamestown Bridge Drumsna Bridge Roosky Bridge Termonbarry Bridge N6 Athlone bypass Shannonbridge Banagher bridge Portumna bridge Killaloe Bridge The Living Bridge University Bridge O'Briensbridge Shannon Bridge Limerick Tunnel Shannon Ferry All crossings of the River Shannon