Caragh River

The River Caragh (Irish: Abhainn Chárthaí)^[1] is a river in County Kerry in southwestern Ireland.

The river has a catchment area of about 66 square miles (170 km²),^[2] comes under the protection of a Special Area of Conservation ("Killarney National Park, MacGillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment").^[3] The river runs close to the village of Glenbeigh.^{[citation needed]} The rare Kerry slug and the Natterjack toad have been identified in the area.^{[citation needed]}