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There are more than 120 named rivers and streams in County Dublin, Ireland.
Rivers and tributaries
[edit]The rivers and streams are listed in one table, with systems such as the Broadmeadow, Tolka, Liffey and Shanganagh identified within the table. The name of each watercourse, the location of its mouth or confluence point and whether, for tributaries, they enter their parent on the right or left bank, is noted. Unnamed tributaries are not included. Most are shown on the back cover map of the Doyle reference, and those in the central area are shown on the main and section-specific maps in the Sweeney reference.
Name, known alternatives |
System, if applicable |
Order | Right or left bank |
Source | Mouth / point of confluence |
Refs | Notes |
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Delvin River | Delvin | 1st | - | NW of Garristown | Near Knocknagin, N of Bremore | [1] | Runs N of Naul, S of Stamullin |
Bartramstown River | Delvin | 2nd | Left | Near Fourknocks | NE of Garristown | [1] | |
Hurley River | Nanny (Meath) | 2nd | Right | Tobergregan, S of Garristown | (Meath) | [1] | |
Bracken River Matt River |
- | 1st | - | W and S of Balbriggan | Balbriggan | [1] | |
Brook Stream | Brook Stream | 1st | - | Branches W of Skerries | Skerries | [1] | Supplying the mill pond for the mill complex at Skerries |
Milverton Stream | Brook Stream | 2nd | Left | NW of Skerries | W of Skerries | [1] | |
St. Catherine's Stream | - | 1st | - | NW of Kenure Demesne | Brook's End, N of Rush | [1] | |
Kenure Stream | - | 1st | - | W of Kenure Demesne | E of Kenure Demesne | [2] | |
Rush Town Stream Brook Stream |
- | 1st | - | W of Rush | North Beach, Rush | [2] | |
Bride's Stream | Bride's Stream | 1st | - | N of Lusk | S of Whitestown, Rogerstown Estuary | [2] | |
Baleally Stream | - | 1st | - | Lusk (near Round Tower) | Newhaggard, after Baleally, Rogerstown Estuary | [2] | |
Ballyboghil (or Ballyboughal) River | Ballyboghil | 1st | - | Tobergregan, S of Garristown | Rogerstown Estuary | [2] | |
Daws River | Ballyboghil | 2nd | Right | Rath, by Meath border | N of Oldtown | [2] | |
Richardstown River | Ballyboghil | 2nd | Left | Grallagh | Gracedieu, S of Richardstown | [2] | |
Corduff River Ballough Stream or River Nine-Stream River |
Ballyboghil | 2nd | Left | Many branches | Just W of Rogerstown Estuary, near Newhaggard | [2] | |
Wimbletown Stream | Ballyboghil | 3rd | Left | N of Ballyboghil | To Corduff, at Newtowncorduff, S of Ballough | [2] | One of two parallel streams, the nameless other comes from branches beyond Damastown |
Turvey River (last part: River Pill) |
- | 1st | - | Branches from Cookstown, Magillstown | S of Newbridge Demesne | [2] | |
Lissenhall Stream | - | 1st | - | near Behinstown | Lissenhall | [2] | |
Broadmeadow River (or Water) | Broadmeadow | 1st | - | (Meath, near Dunshaughlin) | Broadmeadow Estuary | [2] | 5th largest flow in Dublin, wide Broadmeadow Estuary now semi-impounded by rail embankment |
Dun Water | Broadmeadow | 2nd | Right | Dublin/Meath border | [2] | ||
Ward River Swords River |
Broadmeadow | 2nd | Right | (Meath) | N of Swords | [3] | |
Mabestown Stream | Broadmeadow | 3rd | Left | To Ward, Laurestown, near Corrstown | |||
St. Margaret's Stream | Broadmeadow | 3rd | Right | Near St. Margaret's | To Ward | [3] | |
Gaybrook Stream | - | 1st | - | Near Cloghran | W of Malahide (Yellow Walls / Cave Marsh) | [3] | |
Sluice River | Sluice | 1st | - | from below three streams | N end of Baldoyle Bay | [3] | |
Forrest Little Stream | Sluice | 2nd | n/a | Near Dublin Airport | Merger with Wad in Baskin area | [3] | |
Wad Stream | Sluice | 2nd | n/a | Near Dublin Airport | Merger with Forrest Little in Baskin area | [3] | |
Kealy's Stream | Sluice | 2nd | n/a | Near Dublin Airport | Merger with above two in Kinsealy, froming Sluice | [3] | |
Hazelbrook Stream | Sluice | 2nd | Left | S of Malahide | W of Portmarnock | [3] | |
Mayne River | Mayne | 1st | - | from below two streams | mid-point of Baldoyle Bay | [3] | Studied for GDSDS |
Cuckoo Stream | Mayne | 2nd | n/a | branches near Dublin Airport | Merger with Turnapin E of Balgriffin | [3] | |
Turnapin Stream | Mayne | 2nd | n/a | Harristown | Merger with Cuckoo E of Balgriffin | [3] | |
Grange Stream | Mayne | 2nd | Right | W Donaghmede | Baldoyle | [3] | |
Bloody Stream | 1st | - | Black Linn, Howth | Claremont Strand | [4] | One of several Howth Estate streams | |
Offington Stream | 1st | - | E of Deer Park golf course | Western Howth Harbour | [4] | ||
Boggeen Stream Gray's Brook |
1st | - | Near the Summit, Howth | Eastern Howth Harbour | [4] | ||
Coulcour Brook | 1st | - | Above Howth village | Balscadden Bay | [4] | ||
Whitewater Brook | 1st | - | S part of the Ben of Howth | Whitewater Brook Cove | [4] | ||
Balsaggart Stream | 1st | - | Between the Ben of Howth and Shelmartin | W of Drumleck Point | [4] | ||
Carrickbrack Stream | 1st | - | Between Dun Hill and Shelmartin | E Sutton Strand | [5] | ||
Santa Sabina Stream | 1st | - | Howth Demesne (S of main avenue) | E Sutton Strand (155m from Carrickbrack) | [6] | ||
Kilbarrack Stream | 1st | - | S of Turnapin | S of Bayside | [6] | ||
Blackbanks Stream | 1st | - | Edenmore, S of Tonlegee Road | Meeting of Howth and James Larkin Roads | [6] | ||
Fox Stream | 1st | - | Former quarry area, now Edenmore Park | S of Fox's Lane, Raheny | [6] | ||
Santry River Raheny River |
1st | - | Harristown and Dubber | Alongside Bull Island causeway, Raheny | [7] | Studied for GDSDS | |
River Naniken (part) Ballyhoy River |
1st | - | N Santry | By Duck Pond, St. Anne's Park | [8] | ||
Wad River | 1st | - | Poppintree | Inner end of Tolka Estuary / Clontarf Bay | [8] | ||
River Tolka | Tolka | 1st | - | (Meath, NW of Batterstown) | Tolka Estuary / Clontarf Bay | [9] | River Tolka Flooding Study added to GDSDS |
Clonee Stream | Tolka | 2nd | Right | (Meath) | N of N3, near Clonee | [10] | |
(West) Pinkeen Stream | Tolka | 2nd | Left | (Meath) | Damastown | [10] | |
(East) Pinkeen Stream | Tolka | 2nd | Left | N of Tyrellstown | Mulhuddart | [10] | |
Warrenstown Stream | Tolka | 2nd | Left | N of Warrenstown | S of Warrenstown | [10] | |
Scribblestown Stream Cappoge Stream |
Tolka | 2nd | Left | N of Abbotstown | Scribblestown | [10] | |
Finglaswood Stream Mount Olivat Stream |
Tolka | 2nd | Left | SW Finglas | Finglaswood / Tolka Valley Park | [10] | |
Finglas River | Tolka | 2nd | Left | Ratoath Road, N of Finglas | S of Finglas | [10] | Studied for GDSDS |
Claremont Stream | Tolka | 2nd | Left | W of Finglas | Glasnevin (near RC church) | [10] | |
Cemetery Drain | Tolka | 2nd | Right | Near Liffey Junction | Glasnevin (near RC church) | [11] | |
Hampstead Stream | Tolka | 2nd | Left | DCU and Hillside Farm branches | W Drumcondra | [11] | |
River Liffey | Liffey | 1st | - | (Wicklow, Liffey Head Bog) | Dublin Bay | [12] | |
Brittas River | Liffey | 2nd | Right | Seechon Mountain, Dublin | S of Kilbride, Wicklow | [13] | |
Tobermaclugg Stream | Liffey | 2nd | Right | S of Grand Canal | W of Lucan | [14] | |
Griffeen River (part) Racreena River (part) Esker River |
Liffey | 2nd | Right | Saggart Hill | Lucan | [15] | |
Kilmahuddrick Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Right | Kilmahuddrick | To Griffeen, N of Grand Canal | [14] | |
Westmanstown Stream | Liffey | 2nd | Left | (Meath) | S of Luttrellstown | [16] | |
Diswellstown Stream | Liffey | 2nd | Left | Carpenterstown and Castleknock | S of Diswellstown | [16] | |
Glenaulin Stream Pound Lane Stream |
Liffey | 2nd | Right | W of Palmerstown | Glenaulin Weir | [16] | |
Furry Glen Stream Knockmaroon Stream |
Liffey | 2nd | Left | W of Farmleigh | S of Furry Glen | [16] | |
St. Laurence Stream | Liffey | 2nd | Right | Ballyfermot | S of Chapelizod | [16] | |
Creosote Stream | Liffey | 2nd | Right | Inchicore | Garden of Remembrance | [16] | |
Magazine Stream | Liffey | 2nd | Left | E Castleknock | Islandbridge | [16] | |
River Camac Cammock or Cammoke River (part) Clondalkin River |
Liffey | 2nd | Right | Mount Seskin | By Heuston Station | [17] | 4th largest flow in Dublin, studied for GDSDS |
Ferny Glinn | Liffey | 3rd | Left | To Camac, Brittas Ponds area | [17] | ||
The Two Slades | Liffey | 3rd | Left | To W | To Camac, N of Brittas | [17] | Two distinct streams but no separate names |
Toberach | Liffey | 3rd | Right | To E | To Camac, N of Brittas | [17] | The last stretch of this small stream had a separate name |
Boherboy Stream (Upper reaches) Corbally Slade River |
Liffey | 3rd | Right | Next valley east of Slade of Saggart | To Camac, N of Saggart village, near Citywest | [17] | |
Brownsbarn Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Right | Between Corbally and Lugmore | To Camac, N of Saggart village, near Citywest | [17] | |
Fettercairn Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Right | To Camac, NE of Saggart village | [17] | ||
Robinhood Stream Coolfan River |
Liffey | 3rd | Right | Ballymount and Greenhills | To Camac, by Robinhood Ind. Estate | [17] | |
Gallblack Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Left | From the merger of the next two streams | To Camac, near Bluebell Cemetery | [17] | |
Blackditch Stream | Liffey | 4th | n/a | Rowlagh | Merger with Gallanstown to form Gallblack | [17] | |
Gallanstown Stream | Liffey | 4th | n/a | Neilstown | Merger with Blackditch to form Gallblack | [17] | |
Drimnagh Castle Stream Bluebell Stream |
Liffey | 3rd | Right | To Camac, bend of Lansdowne Valley | [17] | ||
Walkinstown Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Right | To Camac, Lansdowne Valley | [17] | ||
Finisk Stream Viceregal Stream Zoo Stream |
Liffey | 2nd | Right | E Castleknock | Above Heuston Bridge | [18] | Flows through Aras and Zoo lakes |
Bradoge River Glascoynock |
Liffey | 2nd | Left | Cabra | Ormond Quay | [18] | |
River Poddle (Upper reaches) Tymon River |
Liffey | 2nd | Right | Cookstown / N Tallaght | Wellington Quay | [19] | Studied for GDSDS |
Commons Water | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Crumlin and Drimnagh | To Poddle, at New Street / Kevin Street junction | [20] | Passes through the Coombe |
Steyne River | Liffey | 2nd | Right | S of Adelaide Road near Charlemont Bridge | Burgh Quay | [21] | |
River Dodder | Liffey | 2nd | Right | Kippure (mountain) | Ringsend | [22] | 3rd largest flow in Dublin, merges with the Grand Canal as joins Liffey |
Tromanallison | Liffey | 3rd | n/a | Near Kippure | Headwaters of Dodder | [21] | Either primary source or very early contributor to Dodder |
Mareen's Brook | Liffey | 3rd | Right | (Wicklow) SE of Kippure | To Dodder, SE of Kippure | [21] | |
Cot Brook | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Kippure / Seefingan area | Dodder main course merged in Glenasmole | [23] | |
Slade Brook | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Seefingan (mountain) | To Dodder, Glenasmole | [23] | |
Glassavullaun Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Seefingan (mountain) area | Glenasmole (to reservoir system rather than main Dodder flow) | [24] | |
Ballinascorney Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Ballinascorney | Glenasmole (most of flow to reservoir system rather than main Dodder flow) | [24] | |
Ballymaice Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Glenasmole (most of flow to reservoir system rather than main Dodder flow) | [24] | ||
Piperstown Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Around Featherbed Bog | To Dodder, below Friarstown Glen | [24] | |
Jobstown Stream Tallaght Stream |
Liffey | 3rd | Left | To Dodder, S of Jobstown | E of Tallaght | [24] | |
Owendoher River | Liffey | 3rd | Right | Near Glendoo Mountain | To Dodder, NW of Rathfarnham village | [25] | |
Glendoo Stream | Liffey | 4th | Right | W of Glendoo Mountain | To Owendoher headwaters, near Piperstown Gap | [26] | |
Whitechurch Stream (part) River Glin |
Liffey | 4th | Right | Tibradden area | To Owendoher, Willbrook (Rathfarnham) | [26] | |
Little Dargle River | Liffey | 3rd | Right | Two Rock Mountain | N of Churchtown by Terenure | [26] | |
Castle Stream | Liffey | 4th | Right | Rathfarnham | To Little Dargle, near Ely Arch (Rathfarnham) | [26] | |
Slang River Dundrum River |
Liffey | 3rd | Right | Three Rock Mountain | To Dodder, near Milltown | [26] | |
Muckross Stream | Liffey | 3rd | Left | To Dodder, Simmonscourt | [26] | ||
Swan River | Liffey | 3rd | Left | Towards Kimmage | To Dodder, above London Bridge near Irishtown | [26] | |
Elm Park Stream | 1st | - | Goatstown | Merrion Strand (South Bull) | [27] | ||
Trimleston Stream St. Helen's Stream |
1st | - | SW of St. Helen's | Booterstown | [27] | ||
Nutley Stream | 1st | - | Clonskeagh | Williamstown | [27] | Previously first stream south of Liffey / Dodder, coming to sea by Sandymount Martello Tower | |
Priory Stream | 1st | - | E Stillorgan | Blackrock Park | [28] | ||
Carysfort-Maretimo Stream Glaslower |
1st | - | Sandyford | Maretimo | [28] | ||
Monkstown Stream Rochestown Stream Carrickbrennan Stream Mickey Brien's Stream |
1st | - | Rochestown | West Pier, Dun Laoghaire Harbour | [28] | ||
Glasthule O'Toole's Stream |
1st | - | Between Rochestown and Glenageary | Scotsman's Bay | [28] | ||
Kill o'the Grange Stream | Kill o'the Grange | 1st | - | Kil o'the Grange | Killiney Strand | [29] | Connected to a surface water drainage diversion going as far as Sandyford Ind. Estate, studied for GDSDS |
Deansgrange Stream Clonkeen Stream |
Kill o'the Grange | 2nd | - | Deansgrange | Near Johnstown Road | [29] | Sometimes the whole system is called by this name |
Shanganagh River | Shanganagh | 1st | - | Merger of the below rivers and streams, near Cherrywood | Killiney Strand | [30] | |
Loughlinstown River (south or main branch) Bride's Glen Stream |
Shanganagh | 2nd | - | Three Rock Mountain | Near Cherrywood | [30] | |
Loughlinstown River (north or Carrickmines branch) | Shanganagh | 2nd | - | Merger of the below rivers and streams | Near Cherrywood | [30] | |
Cabinteely Stream Foxrock Stream |
Shanganagh | 3rd | - | Foxrock | Cabinteely, meeting with Carrickmines River | [30] | |
Carrickmines River | Shanganagh | 3rd | - | Merger of the below streams | Cabinteely, meeting with Cabinteely Stream | [30] | Studied for GDSDS |
Racecourse Stream | Shanganagh | 4th | - | Between Leopardstown and Murphystown Roads | Carrickmines, meeting with Ballyogan Stream | [30] | |
Ballyogan Stream Kilgobbin Stream |
Shanganagh | 4th | - | Three Rock Mountain | Carrickmines, meeting with Racecourse Stream | [30] | |
Glenamuck Stream | Shanganagh | 5th | - | Ballyogan, to Ballyogan Stream | [30] | ||
Golf Stream | Shanganagh | 6th | - | To Glenamuck Stream | [30] | ||
Crinken Stream | 1st | - | Rathmichael | N of Bray | [30] | ||
Glencullen River (part) Cookstown River |
Dargle (Wicklow) | 2nd | Right | Glendoo / Glencullen | To Dargle, near Bray | [30] | |
Middle Brook | Dargle (Wicklow) | 3rd | Right | Glendoo Mountain | To Glencullen | ||
Brockey Stream Glasnabrockey |
Dargle (Wicklow) | 3rd | Right | Ballynabrockey | To Glencullen, by Glencullen Bridge | [30] |
External sources
[edit]- Sweeney, C.L., Dublin 1988, The Rivers of Dublin, ISBN 0-950530-14-X
- Doyle, J.W., Dublin 2008, Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin, ISBN 978-0-9566363-0-0
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Dublin, Ireland, 2008: Doyle, Joseph W.: Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin, p.2
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Doyle ibid, p.3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Doyle ibid, p.4
- ^ a b c d e f Doyle ibid, p.5
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.5-6
- ^ a b c d Doyle ibid, p.6
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.6-7
- ^ a b Doyle ibid, p.7
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.8-9
- ^ a b c d e f g h Doyle ibid, p.8
- ^ a b Doyle ibid, p.9
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.10-18
- ^ Doyle ibid, p.10
- ^ a b Doyle ibid, p.11
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.11-12
- ^ a b c d e f g Doyle ibid, p.12
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Doyle ibid, p.13
- ^ a b Doyle ibid, p.14
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.14-15
- ^ Doyle ibid, p.15
- ^ a b c Doyle ibid, p.16
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.16-18
- ^ a b Doyle ibid, pp.16-17
- ^ a b c d e Doyle ibid, p.17
- ^ Doyle ibid, pp.17-18
- ^ a b c d e f g Doyle ibid, p.18
- ^ a b c Doyle ibid, p.19
- ^ a b c d Doyle ibid, p.20
- ^ a b Doyle ibid, pp.20-21
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Doyle ibid, p.21