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Avoca or Ovoca , river, c.15 mi (24 km) long, formed by the union of the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers, in Co. Wicklow, E Republic of Ireland. It flows SE to the Irish Sea at Arklow. The river is celebrated by Thomas Moore 's poem "Meeting of the Waters."

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Avoca. Variation of the place-name oboxa, as found in Ptolemy's geography (2nd cent. AD), which is identical with the modern Avonmore, Co. Wicklow, 3 miles S of Rathdrum. Avoca was popularized in Thomas Moore's (1779–1852) song ‘The Meeting of the Waters’. The waters are the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers.

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Ovoca see Avoca , river, Ireland.

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