The Glenamoy River is a river in north County Mayo, in the northwest of Ireland. It is renowned for its stocks of sea trout and salmon.
The Glenamoy River rises from its source at Glencalry and Barroosky. It flows for 23 kilometres . For the greater part of its length it flows westwardly, through Glenamoy, heading for the village of Gortacragher, where it meets the Muingnabo River at Sruwaddacon Bay. The estuary is five miles long. The catchment area of the Glenamoy River is 14 km2. The Glenamoy River has an elevation of 8 metres. It is particularly susceptible to fluvial flooding, in flood times, the river often becomes a roaring torrent sweeping away people and cattle. This river gets a good run of grilse and seatrout from July to September but because it is classed as a late river, fishing continues here up to early October. There are numerous fishing pools on the river, namely:
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