River Liffey

Liffey in Dublin

The Liffey ( Irish: An Life ) is a river in Ireland.

Name

Originally was the Irish name to Ruirtheach, " the Fierce ". Liphe Life or designated first only the area that flows through the river, but later the river itself

An old English name of the river is Anna Liffey, possibly from the Irish Abhainn na Life - derived - " River Liffey ".

Course

The Liffey rises in the mountains of County Wicklow (near Sally Gap in the mountain Kippure ) and flows through the counties of Wicklow, Kildare and Dublin, until it finally empties into Dublin Bay and the Irish Sea in the city of Dublin.

In Dublin crosses under the Liffey service tunnel, a pipe tunnel different line carrier, the river. Since 2009, crossing the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin Liffey, which was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.

Tributaries

At the upper reaches:

• Ballydonnell Brook ( Sruthán Bhaile Dhónaill )
• Kings River ( Abhainn Rí )
• Rye Water (An Rí )

On underflow:

• Shankill River
• Brittas River
• Dodder (An Dothra )
• Poddle ( at Poitéal )
• Camac (An Chamóg ).

Others

Special recognition gained the river by the Irish folk song " the Ferryman " from the pen of the Dublin musician Pete St. John. The song tells a now unemployed ferryman of his handling of 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 little boats are gone from the breast of Anna Liffey, the ferryman is stranded on land ... "