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River Information - -
Before reading the river reports below we advise you to read the Bank Safety page. Also these are not official reports on the Rivers but merely our views. Remember kayaking is an assumed risk sport. People who do this, do so at their own risk
Name: Annacloy
Length: 8km
Grade: 2 - 3+
Get In: Bridge 2 km upstream of Listooder. From sharp bend onto a minor road leading to a bridge over the river after another kilometre.
Get Out: Annacloy Bridge on the B2 road 9 km southeast of Ballynahinch

The best time to paddle this river is after heavy downpours. You need to check the level at Raleagh Bridge where there are spray paint lines just on the left hand side upstream of the bridge.
The largest rapid is at Raleagh Bridge 1 below the start. This can be inspected from Raleagh Bridge itself. This rapid has a massive wave in the right conditions, which you can do most things on and in higher water there is a massive boil + whirlpool just behind this, which can deal out some surprising beatings.
Beware of wire across the river below the bridge itself. Further downstream watch out for a vertical weir below an island.
There is a sign on river left heralding the danger of this weir. It has a considerable tow back on this drop even in low/medium levels. There are 3 bridges across the river at various points so that a shorter trip can be arranged. Be aware of these bridges as they may have debris around the stanchions due to frequent flooding.
2 km below Kilmore Bridge the river becomes easier but still has a couple of weirs and sections of standing waves. In Higher water one of these small drops becomes a very sticky hole with a sub-station with railings around it, which is on river right and may be inspected should it be runable at the level you have chosen to run it. At Annacloy the river changes name to the Quoile.
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