[1][2][3] The river's name references the Curraheen townland (Inniskenny civil parish).

[5] It is named, as Sabraind, in the 12th century poem Aislinge Meic Con Glinne, although some scholars translate this as "River Lee.

It flows under the Model Farm Road (R608) and then bends eastwards, where there is a river walk.

[11] There was a major fish kill of brown trout on the Curraheen River in 2016, due to a sewage leak.

[12] An invasive American rodent, the coypu, has been spotted on the Curraheen River from 2016 onward.