29/12/1947: Fishery Definition No. D. 142. No. 131 Or Ballyshannon District.


DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE (FISHERIES BRANCH) FISHERIES ACTS, 1842 TO 1944.

DEFINITION No. D. 142. No. 131 OR BALLYSHANNON DISTRICT.

TIDAL AND FRESHWATER BOUNDARIES OF THE BUNDUFF (DUFF), OILY, BUNGOSTEEN (LOUGHEAD), BALLAGHADOO (KILCAR), GLEN (TEELIN) AND OWENWEE RIVERS.

I, PATRICK SMITH, Minister for Agriculture, by virtue and in exercise of the powers exercisable by me under the Fisheries Acts, 1842 to 1944, 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 Bunduff (Duff) River in the No. 131 or Ballyshannon District to be a straight line drawn across the river at right angles to its course 180 yards downstream from the base of the most seaward waterfall on the river situated in the townlands of Bunduff and Grellagh ;

(2) The boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Oily River in the No. 131 or Ballyshannon District to be a straight line drawn across the river at right angles to its course 290 yards downstream from the downstream face of Oily Bridge in the townlands of Ballyloughan and Bruckless ;

(3) The boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Bungosteen (Loughead) River in the No. 131 or Ballyshannon District to be a straight line drawn across the river at right angles to its course 20 yards upstream of the boundary between the townlands of Straleeny and Corporation on the right bank of the said river ;

(4) The boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Ballaghadoo (Kilcar) River in the No. 131 or Ballyshannon District to be a straight line drawn across the river at right angles to its course 90 yards upstream of the boundary between the townlands of Kilcar and Kilbeg on the right bank of the said river ;

(5) The boundary between the tidal and freshwater portions of the Glen (Teelin) and Owenwee Rivers in the No. 131 or Ballyshannon District to be a straight line drawn across the common course of these rivers at right angles thereto 70 yards downstream measured along the right bank of the Owenwee River from the downstream face of Carrick Lower Bridge situated in the townlands of Aghragh and Carrick Lower.

Givien under my Official Seal this 29th day of December, 1947.

(Sgd.) PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Agriculture.