The Three Sisters: The Three Sisters Rivers refers to a group of three rivers that run through the South East of Ireland. The Rivers are named The Suir, The Barrow and The Nore. Coincidentally, they all rise relatively near each other in this part of the country which is not renowned for lofty hills or even mountains of notable height and they all meet again at the estuary between New Ross and Waterford Harbour. They lie in area that should not be missed if travelling in Ireland. Along each river are towns that are worthy of a visit for various reasons including historical and architectural interest.
The River Suir, (Irish - An tSiúr or Abhainn na Siúire) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Waterford after a distance of 185 kilometres (115 miles). The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2. Its long term average flow rate is 76.9 cubic metres per second ( m 3/s), about twice the flow of either River Barrow (37.4 m3/s) or River Nore (42.9 m3/s) before these join, but a little less than Barrow's flow when it meets the Suir 20 km downstream (over 80 m3/s). Popular with anglers, it holds plentiful reserves of brown trout. While the Suir holds the record for a salmon taken from an Irish river (weighing 57 lb/26 kg, taken on a fly in 1874), as is the case in many other Atlantic rivers, salmon stocks have been in decline in recent years. Rising on the slopes of Devil's Bit Mountain, just north of Templemore in County Tipperary, the Suir flows south through Loughmore, Thurles, Holycross, Golden and Knockgraffon. Merging with the River Aherlow at Kilmoyler and further on with the Tar, it turns east at the Comeragh Mountains, forming the border between County Waterford and County Tipperary. It then passes through Cahir, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir before reaching Waterford. Near the Port of Waterford it meets the River Barrow at Cheekpoint to form a wide navigable estuary, capable of accommodating seagoing vessels up to 32,000 tons dwt. It exits to the sea between Dunmore East and Hook Head.
The Cache: The cache is placed as near as one can drive to the source of the river. There are a number of non marked Cul de Sac roads around here which usually end up in a farm yard or house. Hence the placement of the cache where it is, the observant cacher will see the Suir is a fast flowing stream here. I wish to avoid private property and serious cross country trekking. Hopefully the cache ground zero with be quite accessible for all ability of explorers. As with all caches be stealthy and return the container as found. Further down stream is a cache called Three Sisters - River Suir (An tSiúr) where you can see the progress of the river as it nears the sea.