The River Nore flows through the county and the River Suir forms the border with County Waterford.

The River Nore bisects the county and the River Barrow and River Suir are natural boundaries to the east and south of the county.

Along the west of the Barrow and Nore is mostly covered by hills of nearly equal elevation except along the left bank of the river Suir.

The main rivers in County Kilkenny, called the Three Sisters, are the Nore, Barrow and Suir.

Special Areas of Conservation, under the European Union Habitats Directive, in County Kilkenny includes Hugginstown Fen south-west of Ballyhale, The Loughans near Urlingford, Cullahill Mountain on the Castlecomer Plateau near Johnstown, Spahill and Clomantagh Hill which form part of an escarpment which links the Slieveardagh Hills with the Castlecomer Plateau, Galmoy Fen north of Johnstown, Lower River Suir south of Thurles, the freshwater stretches of the Barrow / River Nore and Thomastown Quarry, near Thomastown.

It is one of The Three Sisters ; the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore.

* The tidal River Barrow, which together with the tidal reaches of its tributaries the River Suir and River Nore constitute 88km ( 55 miles ) of tidal river navigation.

The Three Sisters are three rivers in Ireland: the River Barrow, the River Nore and the River Suir.

Other major rivers include the River Liffey, River Lee, River Swilly, River Foyle, River Lagan, River Erne, River Blackwater, River Nore, River Suir, River Barrow ( The Three Sisters ), River Bann and River Boyne.

Waterford Harbour () is a natural harbour at the mouth of the Three Sisters ; the River Nore, the River Suir and the River Barrow in Ireland.

Hook Head ( Irish: Rinn Duáin ) is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland located on the east side of the estuary of the three sisters rivers ( the Nore, Suir and the Barrow ).

The governmented then established an Independent Salmon Group to review policy, and the group's report in October 2006 recommended radical measures to halt " the catastrophic decline of Irish salmon stocks ", including both a ban drift nets and on angling for salmon in major rivers including the Liffey, Boyne, Barrow, Nore and Suir.

Old river ports such as Carrick on Suir and Clonmel on the River Suir, Inistioge and Thomastown on the River Nore, and Graiguenamanagh on the River Barrow were important centers of recruitment.

A railway station follows a line of the same route and has three services a day to Waterford via Cahir, Clonmel and Carrick on Suir.

In ancient times, the area bounded by the Suir and the Barrow formed the Kingdom of Ossory.

It runs along the southern peremeter of Inchicore, along with the recently implemented Luas tramway system, which runs along its filled in permanent way, and serves the area from Blackhorse to Suir Bridge.

The River Suir forms the border between County Waterford and County Kilkenny.

Although County Kilkenny lies inland it has access to the sea via Belview Port, Port of Waterford, on the Suir Estuary and via New Ross on the River Barrow.

* Golden, County Tipperary, a village on the River Suir

Ormond Castle () is a castle on the River Suir on the east side of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland.

The village lies alongside the main N25 road, some 5 km from Waterford City and 18 km from New Ross in County Wexford, near the point where the Rivers Barrow and Suir come together.

Beginning at Kilmeaden the bypass passes the Woodstown historic settlement, before crossing the River Suir ( via a cable stay bridge of about 475m in length ) between Gracedieu in County Waterford and Grannagh in County Kilkenny.

There are three trains a day to Tipperary and Limerick Junction and three to Clonmel, Carrick on Suir and Waterford.

The club grounds are located in Tybroughney, on the Tipperary side of the Suir.

Their architectural legacy may be seen today with two of the original family fortresses still standing ( the Black Castle near the centre and O ' Fogarty Castle by the Suir ).

It is located at the confluence of the rivers Barrow and Suir, near Campile.

4106 can be found at Kilmeaden station on the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway, while 4108, 4110 and 4402 are preserved at Moyasta Junction on the West Clare Railway.

Kilkenny extends southward from Laois to the valley of the Suir and eastward from the Munster-Leinster border to the River Barrow.

Along with the River Suir and River Barrow, it is one of the constituent rivers of the group known as the Three Sisters.

Its southern border were the Suir and Barrow rivers, though it originally extended to the sea and its rulers had some influence over the Norse kings of Waterford.

The Booley Mountains partly divide from Tory Hill to the valley of the Kilmacow River which flows into the Suir.

There were originally three gates in the walled town, North, East and West-with the South being protected by the river Suir and the Comeragh Mountains.

The lower Suir valley is surrounded by the Comeragh Mountains to the south with Slievenamon northeast of the town.

* Ireland's first city, Waterford, is founded on the River Suir.

Near Fiddown along the River Suir it consists of a long narrow island of marsh / woodland covered in willow scrub and bordered by reed swamps-it is the only known site of its type in Ireland.

The southern portion of the county is drained by the River Suir ; the northern by tributaries of the Shannon which widens into Lough Derg.

The centre is known as ' the Golden Vale ', a rich pastoral stretch of land in the Suir basin which extends into counties Limerick and Cork.

The town itself is built on a crossing of the River Suir.

The mild climate and the waters of the Suir have combined to produce some of the finest agricultural land in Ireland.

Cahir Castle, which is situated on a small island in the River Suir, is the town's main tourist attraction.

From Suir Road Bridge, the lock numbering starts again at 1 as the canal heads west through the suburbs of Dublin West and into Kildare.

The next higher — the highest in the ensemble — is the Suir, likewise, extending one octave higher.

The Kancil and Suir play interlocking patterns called Kotekan, sometimes the Barangan play these patterns as well.

It lies mainly on the northern bank of the River Suir.

The southern part of county is drained by the River Suir ; the northern part is drained by tributaries of the River Shannon which widens into Lough Derg.