Bann,

Bann, two rivers in the north-east of Ireland—the Upper Bann, flowing into, and the Lower Bann, out of Lough Neagh. The Upper Bann rises in the Mourne Mountains, and runs 25 miles NNW. through the counties of Down and Armagh. The Lower Bann, strictly the continuation of the Upper, issues from the north-west corner of Lough Neagh, and flows 40 miles NNW., through Lough Beg, dividing the counties of Antrim and Londonderry. It runs past Coleraine, into the Atlantic Ocean, 4 miles SW. of Portrush. It has important salmon and eel fisheries. Vessels of 200 tons can reach Coleraine by the river, 4 miles from the ocean.