Liffey
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Liffey An Life |
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 Liffey in Dublin |
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| location | in the east of Ireland | |
| River system | Liffey | |
| source | in County Wicklow, 53 ° 9 ′ 29 ″ N , 6 ° 17 ′ 32 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 520 m | |
| muzzle | in Dublin in Dublin Bay , Irish Sea Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 41 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 32 ″ W 53 ° 20 ′ 41 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 32 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 520 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 4.2 ‰ | |
| length | 125 km | |
| Left tributaries | Ballylow Brook, King's River, Lemonstown Stream, Kilcullen Stream, Pinkeen Stream, Rye Water, Silleachain Stream, Furry Glen Stream, Magazine Stream, Finisk Stream, Bradogue River | |
| Right tributaries | Sraghoe, Cransillagh, Athdown Brook, Shankill River, Brittas River, Painestown River, Griffeen River, Glenaulin Stream, Creosote Stream, Camac River, River Poddle, Stein River, River Dodder | |
| Big cities | Dublin | |
| Medium-sized cities | Lucan , Leixlip , Celbridge , Newbridge | |
The Liffey ( Irish : An Life ) is a river in Ireland .
Surname
Originally the Irish name was An Ruirtheach , "the fierce one ". Liphe or Life initially only referred to the area through which the river flows, but later the river itself.
An old English name of the river is Anna Liffey , which is possibly derived from the Irish Abhainn na Life - "River Liffey".
course
The Liffey rises in the mountains of County Wicklow (near Sally Gap at Mount Kippure ) and flows through Counties Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin until it finally flows into Dublin Bay and the Irish Sea in the city of Dublin .
In Dublin, the Liffey Service Tunnel , a line tunnel for various line carriers, crosses under the river.
Tributaries
On the upper course:
- Ballydonnell Brook ( Sruthán Bhaile Dhónaill )
- Kings River ( Abhainn Rí )
- Rye Water ( An Rí )
At the lower reaches:
- Shankill River
- Brittas River
- Dodder ( To Dothra ),
- Poddle ( At Poitéal )
- Camac ( An Chamóg ).
Dublin Liffey bridges
| Surname | Alternative (former) name | Type | Connects | Built |
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| East-Link Bridge | Drawbridge (toll) | East Wall Road --- York Road | 1984 | |
| Samuel Beckett Bridge | Road bridge (swing bridge) | Guild Street --- Sir John Rogerson's Quay | 2009 | |
| Seán O'Casey Bridge | Pedestrian bridge (swing bridge) | Sir John Rogerson's Quay --- North Wall Quay | 2005 | |
| Talbot Memorial Bridge | Road bridge | Memorial Road --- Moss Street | 1978 | |
| Loopline Bridge | Liffey Viaduct | Railway bridge | Main railway line from south to north | 1891 |
| Butt Bridge | Road bridge | Beresford Place --- Tara Street | 1932 (former bridge: 1879) | |
| Rosie Hackett Bridge | Road bridge (local public transport) | Marlborough Street --- Hawkins Street | ||
| O'Connell Bridge | Carlisle Bridge | Road bridge | O'Connell Street Lower --- Westmoreland and D'Olier Streets | 1791 (Original: 1791 Refurbished: 1879) |
| Ha'penny Bridge | Liffey Bridge, Metal Bridge, Wellington Bridge | footbridge | Liffey Street Lower --- Merchant's Arch | 1816 |
| Millennium Bridge | footbridge | Ormonde Quay --- Wellington Quay | 1999 | |
| Grattan Bridge | Essex Bridge | Road bridge | Capel Street --- Parliament Street | 1874 (earlier bridges: 1676, 1755) |
| O'Donovan Rossa Bridge | Richmond Bridge, Ormond Bridge | Road bridge | Chancery Place --- Winetavern Street | 1816 (earlier bridge: 1684) |
| Father Mathew Bridge | Whitworth Bridge, Dubin Bridge, Old Bridge | Road bridge | Church Street --- Bridge Street Lower | 1818 (earlier bridges: 1014, 1428) |
| Mellows Bridge | Mellowes Bridge, Queen's Bridge, Queen Maeve Bridge | Road bridge | Queen Street --- Bridgefoot Street | 1768 (earlier bridge: 1683) |
| James Joyce Bridge | Road bridge | Blackhall Place --- Ushers Island | 2003 | |
| Rory O'More Bridge | Victoria & Albert Bridge, Queen Victoria Bridge | Road bridge | Watling Street --- Ellis Street | 1859 (earlier bridges: 1670, 1704) |
| Frank Sherwin Bridge | Road bridge | St. John's Road West --- Wolfe Tone Quay | 1981 | |
| Seán Heuston Bridge | King's Bridge, Sarsfield Bridge | Tram and pedestrian bridge | Heuston Station --- Wolfe Tone Avenue | 1828 |
| Liffey Railway Bridge | Rail, freight transport | Heuston Station --- Phoenix Park Tunnel | 1877 | |
| Islandbridge | Sarah or Sarah's Bridge | Road bridge | South Circular Road --- Conyngham Road | 1794 (earlier bridge: 1577) |
| Anna Livia Bridge | Chapelizod Bridge | Road bridge | Lucan Road --- Chapelizod Road | 1753 (earlier bridge: 1660s) |
| Farmleigh Bridge | Out of service | Farmleigh House | 1850s | |
| West Link Bridge | Motorway bridge (toll) | M50 motorway | 1990 | |
| Lucan Bridge | Road bridge | Lower Lucan Road | 1814 (earlier bridges: 1200s, 1730s, 1771, 1780s) |
Others
The river gained particular fame through the Irish folk song "The Ferryman" penned by the Dublin musician Pete St. John . In the song, a now unemployed ferryman tells how he has dealt with the economic changes in Ireland.
"The little boats are gone from the breast of Anna Liffey, the ferryman is stranded on the quay ..."
"All the small boats have disappeared from Anna Liffey's breast, the ferryman is stranded on land ..."
In his novel The Elephant and the Kangaroo from 1947 (German 1984 when Mr White drifts to Dublin on the raging Liffey ), the writer TH White sets the Liffey a literary monument.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dublin Castle : History. Chapter 1 - Prehistoric Dublin ( January 28, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved February 21, 2008