| River Feale | |
| Name Etymology: | Fial, a mythical woman |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type4: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name4: | Cork, Limerick, Kerry |
| Subdivision Type5: | Towns |
| Subdivision Name5: | Abbeyfeale, Listowel |
| Length Km: | 75 |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 34.6m3/s |
| Source1: | Mullaghareirk Mountains |
| Source1 Location: | County Cork |
| Mouth: | Shannon Estuary |
| Mouth Location: | Ballyduff, County Kerry |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 52.4829°N -9.689°W |
| Basin Size Mi2: | 445.2 |
thumb|Beach seine fishing for salmon in River Feale near by town Ballybunion, year 1975.The River Feale (An Fhéil or Abhainn na Féile in Irish) rises near Rockchapel in the Mullaghareirk Mountains of County Cork in the southwest of Ireland and flows northwestwards for 75 kilometres [1] through Abbeyfeale in County Limerick and Listowel in County Kerry before finally emptying into Cashen Bay, a wide estuary north of Ballyduff. Then it flows out through the Shannon's estuary and joins with the Atlantic Ocean with a flow rate of 34.6 m2/s.[2] The river, along with its tributaries, combine to add to over 160 km (100 miles) of waterways. For the final 10 km (6 miles) stretch it is known as the Cashen River. The river contains a large salmon and sea trout population.
The headwaters of the Feale rise approximately 4.3 km northeast of the village of Rockchapel between the townlands of Rockhill West, Rockhill East and Tooreenmacauliffe on the southwestern slopes of Mullaghareirk mountain.[3]
According to Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn (compiled in the 1630s), the river takes its name from a legendary woman:[4] [5] In County Limerick and north Kerry, the Feale is also referred to as one of the Three Sisters. These are three rivers which all rise close to each other in the Mullaghareirk mountains in north County Cork and generally flow north or northwest into the Shannon Estuary (the others being the rivers Maigue and Deel). This term is not to be confused with three of Ireland's larger rivers, the Nore, the Suir and the Barrow, which are also collectively referred to as The Three Sisters.