Looking upstream from the "Swingin' Bridge"
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Looking upstream from the "Swingin' Bridge"
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 10 Aug 1975
The River Mourne is a good salmon river and the pool in view with the "broken" water is known as Purgatory. In this case however it represents the final resting place for the salmon before they enter "The Gravenue" which can be seen in the distance.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.784975
Longitude
-7.466228