River Dun (Northern Ireland)

The river is named after its brown colour, which comes from the peat bogs at its source on the slopes of Slievenanee on the Antrim Plateau.

Cushendun (Bun Abhann Duinne, "foot of the River Dun" in Irish[1] – although the English name derives from Cois Abhann Duinne, "beside the River Dun") is a small coastal resort town lying at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun.

[2] The river supports a population of brown trout which rarely attain weights exceeding one pound due to the naturally acidic chemistry of the water.

Sea trout and salmon enter the river and make their way to the upstream spawning beds from July onwards.

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