The Barrow Valley Project is a study of the prehistoric landscape of Ireland’s second longest river. The Barrow defines much of the landscape of mid-Leinster, and has been both a boundary and a routeway throughout prehistory and into the historic period. The project is based on research, museum archives, the Record of Monuments and Places, and on extensive fieldwork along the valley. The geomorphology of the region has also been examined (by Robbie Meehan) to give some idea as to vegetation and land use in the past. The River Barrow rises in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, flows eastwards to Monasterevin where it turns south, linking the towns of Athy, Carlow, and Graiguenamanagh. It joins the River Nore north of New Ross, and the River Suir at Cheekpoint. The ‘Three Sisters’ then enter the Atlantic at Waterford Harbour. Read More
