The Meeting of the Waters is the confluence of the Avonmore and Avonbeg rivers in the Vale of Avoca, made famous by the poet Thomas Moore who immortalised it in verse in 1807. The spot is signposted and easy to find — a short walk from the village leads to a viewing area above the confluence where the two rivers join among alder trees and mossy boulders.
The setting is genuinely lovely, particularly after rain when the rivers run fast and the valley is filled with the sound of water. A stone monument to Thomas Moore stands nearby. The surrounding Vale of Avoca — a broad glacial valley of mixed woodland and farmland — is good walking country, and the old copper mines at Avoca (once Europe's largest) have left distinctive reddish-brown staining on the rocks along the river.