The Rivers of Dublin

New Revised Edition

Clair Sweeney

• Publisher: Irish Academic Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781911024859
• eBook ISBN: 9781911024316
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: Technology & Engineering

The Rivers of Dublin is the new edition of a cherished study; a unique examination of the water routes of Ireland's capital and the ceaseless activity they enabled and inspired. It proves, in short, that the history of Dublin is that of its rivers.

The rivers, tributaries, and streams that have populated Dublin since its establishment have governed the expansion of the city and its quality of life; over time, many of these water routes have become hidden from view. Clair Sweeney's work brings the ancient watercourses to the surface once more, breathing life into alternate maps of Dublin – excavating entire societies. Sweeney's position in the Dublin Corporation's engineering department gave him unparalleled access to places that most hardly know exist. The Rivers of Dublin, newly updated and beautifully redesigned, is a meticulous study of the watercourses that flow through Ireland's capital city, serving as a history of those who settled and thrived along their banks.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Untitled
• Introduction
• Watercourses and Their Environment
• The Liffey
• The Poddle Network
• The Poddle Course of a Thousand Years Ago
• The Abbey Stream
• The Dodder/Poddle Branch
• The Old City Watercourse
• The City Water Supply and the Limerick Watercourse
• The Glib Water and City Ditch
• Colman's (Colmany's) Brook
• The Camac Millrace
• The Tenter Water and Hangman's Stream
• The Commons Water
• The Lakelands Overflow
• The Greater Dublin Drainage Scheme
• An Underground Tour
• The Stein River
• The Gallows Stream
• The Bradoge River
• The Swan River
• Dodder River Millraces
• The Muchross Stream
• The Nutley Stream
• The Elm Park Stream and the Trimleston Stream
• The Little Dargle River
• The Dundrum River
• The Castle Stream
• The Owendoher River and Whitechurch Stream
• The Carmac River
• The Gallblack Stream
• The Creosote Stream
• The Glenaulin or Pound Lane Stream
• The Phoenix Park Streams
• The Tolka River Tributaries
• The Wad River
• The Naniken River
• The Santry River
• The Blackbanks Stream
• The Kilbarrack Stream
• The Mayne Rover and the Grange Stream
• The Howth Streams
• Wells of Dublin
• The Named Wells of Dublin
• Conclusion
• References and Acknowledgments
• Clair L. Sweeney 1923-1997 An Appreciation
• Index