Boann or Boand is the Irish goddess of the River Boyne (Bóinn), an important river in Ireland's historical province of Meath. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn and Táin Bó Fraích she was the sister of Befind and daughter of Delbáeth, son of Elada, of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Her husband is variously Nechtan or Elcmar. With her lover the Dagda, she is the mother of Aengus.
The River Boyne with Newgrange in the background.
The River Boyne as seen from Brú na Bóinne.
The River Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 mi) long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington, County Meath, and Baltray, County Louth.
River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne.
The River Boyne and Boyne Valley as seen from the Knowth passage tomb of Brú na Bóinne.
Section of the Boyne canal which runs parallel to the main river around the Battle of the Boyne site west of Drogheda.
Aerial view of the River Boyne estuary and Drogheda.