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Lee.-- river, co. Cork; rises in Gouganebarra Lough, W. co. Cork, and flows 50 miles E. through Lough Allua and past Macroom and Cork city to Cork Harbour; its chief affluents are the Sullane, Bride, and Glanmire. It is navigable for ships to Cork city, and for boats 2 miles farther up. It flows through much romantic scenery, and abounds in salmon.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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