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Bann longest river of Northern Ireland, rising as the Upper Bann in the Mourne Mts. and flowing 40 mi (64 km) NW to the southern end of Lough Neagh. It leaves the lake at its north shore as the Lower Bann and flows 40 mi (64 km) north past Coleraine to the Atlantic Ocean. It has important salmon and eel fisheries.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Â© Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Bann (An Bhanna), Northern Ireland/UK A river meaning ‘The Goddess’.

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Bann (An Bhanna) (river) Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down. Banda c.800. ‘The goddess’.

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