60-658: Richmond Barracks was a British Army barracks in Inchicore , Dublin , Ireland . It is now a cultural centre. The barracks, which were named after Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond , were completed in 1810 and first occupied by the British Army in 1814. Many Irishmen were stationed there before going overseas to fight in the First World War . During the First World War the barracks also served as
120-472: A 27 km (17 mi) course from Straffan to Islandbridge. The Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the river is Islandbridge (weir). The Liffey Swim takes place every year in late August or early September between Watling Bridge and The Custom House . The Islandbridge stretch of river accommodates a number of rowing clubs including Trinity College, UCD, Commercial , Neptune, and the Garda rowing club. The Liffey
180-478: A butcher and deli, a hardware store, ethnic stores, and two mid-size supermarkets. The village centre has several pubs, including the historic Black Lion Inn, and several restaurants and take-aways. As of the 2016 census , the electoral divisions of Inchicore A and Inchicore B had a combined population of approximately 4,600 people. The Roman Catholic Church operates two parishes in the area, St. Michael's and Mary Immaculate. Both parishes are administered by
240-526: A commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs." James Joyce , Finnegans Wake (1939) (first sentence of novel). That is the first of a number of references to the Liffey in the Wake : insofar as the book has characters, the female protagonist of the novel, Anna Livia Plurabelle , is herself an allegory of the river. A skiff, a crumpled throwaway, Elijah is coming, rode lightly down
300-755: A non-Indo-European word borrowed from the original language spoken in Ireland before the arrival of the Celts. It was also known as the Anna Liffey , possibly from an anglicisation of Abhainn na Life, the Irish phrase that translates into English as "River Liffey". James Joyce embodies the river in Finnegans Wake as "Anna Livia Plurabelle". The Liffey rises in the Liffey Head Bog between
360-513: A number junior and intermediate sides at Inchicore, including Lansdowne Rangers, Inchicore Athletic and West Park Albion. The 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Tipperary and Laois was played at what is now the Inchicore Sports and Social Club. Liffey Gaels GAA club was founded in 1951. It was known as Rialto Gaels for over twenty years. In the 1970s, it changed its name to SS. Michael and James's to reflect
420-477: A wooden bridge, Dubhghall's Bridge, dating to the 11th century, and was in turn replaced – the site is now occupied by Fr. Mathew Bridge ). The Bridge of Dublin was built by the Dominicans in 1428 , and survived well into the 18th century. This four-arch bridge included various buildings such as a chapel, bakehouse and possibly an inn. Island Bridge (a predecessor of the current bridge) was added in 1577 at
480-578: Is accessed by multiple roads and served by a range of Dublin Bus services. Although the site of Ireland's main railway service yards, it has no mainline rail service, but it is served by the Luas tramway system, which runs along its filled-in permanent way , and serves the area from Blackhorse to Suir Bridge. Inchicore is passed on its southern edge by the Grand Canal , developed by economic progressives of
540-632: Is an Inchicore entrance on Con Colbert Road. It commemorates the fallen Irish of the Great War. Official record books held in museum buildings there are inscribed with the names of those who gave their lives. The gardens are also accessible from the South Circular Road, en route toward Phoenix Park , which can be accessed by crossing over Islandbridge (Sarah Bridge). There is a museum at Richmond Barracks , which reopened in May 2016 as part of
600-976: Is located at Emmet Road in Inchicore. Inchicore Public Library offers club activities (including a film club, book club, knitting club, and poetry club). St. Patrick's Athletic (founded in 1929 and commonly known as St. Pat's ) play in Richmond Park . St. Pat's has played in Inchicore since 1930 (save for time spent exiled due to ground redevelopment). The club has won the League of Ireland Championship on nine occasions. Former St. Pat's players include Paul McGrath , Ronnie Whelan Snr. , Shay Gibbons , Gordon Banks , Curtis Fleming , Paul Osam , Eddie Gormley , Charles Livingstone Mbabazi , Ryan Guy , Keith Fahey , Kevin Doyle , Christy Fagan , Chris Forrester and Ian Bermingham . St Patrick's Athletic host
660-799: Is now the K Club ), and the Leinster Aqueduct – which carries the Grand Canal over the Liffey at Caragh . Art works along the river and its quays include the Famine Memorial Statues (near the IFSC ) and the World Hunger Stone. The song about Seamus Rafferty refers to the "bowsies on the quay"; However, from the late 20th-century there was some renewed development on the quays, with the addition of linear parks and overhanging boardwalks . There are quays on
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#1732776263350720-519: Is part of a Slí na Sláinte signposted walking route. There is also an 8.5-kilometre (5.3 mi) long greenway between the 3rd Lock at Inchicore and the 12th Lock at Lucan , which opened in June 2010. Inchicore Railway Works is the headquarters for mechanical engineering and rolling stock maintenance for Iarnród Éireann . Established in 1844 by the Great Southern & Western Railway , it
780-426: Is the largest engineering complex of its kind in Ireland with a site area of 295,000 m (73 acres). Spa Road Works built trams and buses before its closure in 1977. Goldenbridge Industrial Estate is a mixed-use area that contains, for example, a number of brewing and gym businesses. Inchicore's core is at the junction of Emmet Road and Tyrconnell Road. The area is served by a number of small stores including
840-535: Is widely used for recreational activities – such as canoeing, rafting, fishing, swimming, significant facilities are at Poulaphouca , Kilcullen , Newbridge , where a seven-acre Liffey Linear Park has been developed, and other facilities are located further downriver at Leixlip and other towns. The earliest stone bridge over the Liffey in Dublin of which there is solid evidence was the Bridge of Dublin, which replaced
900-987: The Bradogue River , River Poddle , Stein River and the River Dodder , some of which have numerous tributaries of their own. In earlier times, the River Tolka was also arguably a tributary of the Liffey or at least shared its mouth, but it now enters Dublin Bay distinctly, some distance to the north. There are dams for three ESB hydroelectric power stations along the river, at Poulaphouca , Golden Falls and Leixlip . Major reservoir facilities also exist at Poulaphouca. The Liffey does not feature natural lakes and has few islands. Significant falls at Poulaphouca and at Golden Falls were flooded by reservoir construction. There remain areas of rapids , including as
960-661: The Irish Free State was founded in 1922, the Barracks was occupied by the Irish Army , and briefly named Keogh Barracks , after Commander Tom Keogh who fought in the war of independence. The Irish government closed Keogh Barracks down in 1922. The building came into possession of the Dublin Corporation and was used to house Dublin families who were on the housing list; they built Keogh Square , which
1020-655: The Irish National War Memorial Gardens . Another Irish poet, Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021), was born and lived on Phoenix Street in Inchicore as a child. He attended the local Model School. The tramp writer Jim Phelan (1895–1966) was born in Inchicore. On completing 15 years in prison for his part in the murder of a post mistress's son in a robbery in Liverpool in 1923, Phelan roamed the byways of England and wrote several books about his prison experience. The artist Sean Scully (b. 1945)
1080-867: The Morell River ), the Rye Water (with tributaries including the Lyreen) at Leixlip , and the Griffeen River and Silleachain Stream in Lucan . Within Dublin are the various Phoenix Park streams on the left bank, interspersed with right bank tributaries such as the Glenaulin Stream and Creosote Stream . Within the quays area tributaries include the River Camac , possibly Colman's Brook,
1140-460: The Oblates of Mary Immaculate , and each has its own church, from which they take the name. The Oblates Church of Mary Immaculate features a full-size replica of the grotto of Lourdes , which was opened in 1930. The grotto, which is built of reinforced concrete, houses a crib at Christmas time. St. Jude's Church (Church of Ireland) , was an Anglican church built between 1862 and 1864 to serve
1200-563: The Placenames Database of Ireland , do not give a definitive source for the place name. In the late 19th century, the village developed into a significant industrial and residential suburb, due primarily to its engineering works and the west city tramway terminus. By the 20th century, Inchicore was incorporated into the administrative area of the expanding city. The Great Southern and Western Railway , which began constructing its network in 1844, elected to site its workshops in
1260-852: The West-Link Bridge on the M50 motorway , Seán Heuston Bridge and O'Connell Bridge . There are 3 pedestrian bridges in the city: the Millennium Bridge , Seán O'Casey Bridge and the Ha'penny Bridge . 21st century additions include the Samuel Beckett Bridge (2009) and James Joyce Bridge (2003), both designed by Santiago Calatrava . Crossings further upriver include the Liffey Bridge at Celbridge , "The Bridge at 16" (a 19th-century pedestrian suspension bridge at what
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#17327762633501320-578: The Wicklow Mountains . ESB hydroelectric power stations exist along the river, at Poulaphouca , Golden Falls and Leixlip , in addition to a number of minor private installations. A well-known sight on the Liffey up to the 1990s, the Lady Patricia and Miranda Guinness cargo ships were used to export Guinness from the St. James's Gate Brewery . As of the early 21st century,
1380-570: The 2nd cavalry depot providing accommodation for the 4th Queen's Own Hussars , the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars , the 11th Hussars and the 13th Hussars . Deputy Michael Conaghan of the Inchicore Kilmainham Heritage Group has said, "The remaining buildings of Richmond Barracks here have very specific connections to the Easter Rising and its immediate aftermath. After the surrender, it was designated by
1440-678: The Athdown Brook, Shankill River, Ballylow Brook, Brittas River and Woodend Brook. The substantial King's River, which formerly joined the Liffey near Blessington, and may in fact have held the larger flow, now merges in within Poulaphouca Reservoir. Downstream of Poulaphouca are the Lemonstown Stream, Kilcullen Stream and Pinkeen Stream, followed by the Painestown River (with tributaries including
1500-683: The British as the holding centre for over 3,000 suspected rebels, until they were released or sent to prison camps in England, Wales and Northern Ireland... The signatories of the Proclamation (with the exception of James Connolly) and other leaders were also interned, court-martialed and sentenced to death in the barracks before they were sent to Kilmainham Gaol for execution." The Prime Minister H. H. Asquith visited on 12 May 1916, after which no further executions of prisoners took place. After
1560-461: The Camac, which at the time was characterised by water mills, water wheels and weirs. In the 18th century, mills at Goldenbridge (Glydon Bridge) were producing paper and flour. Much of the industrial archaeology has disappeared but remnants still exist in the area. Kilmainham Mills still exists and much of the machinery is still in place. Although derelict, as of March 2021, work was underway to restore
1620-582: The Irish railway network are located here. These are still major employers among other industries and national distribution depots. 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the city centre, south of the River Liffey , west of Kilmainham , north of Drimnagh and east of Ballyfermot , most of Inchicore is in the Dublin 8 postal district; parts of the area extend into Dublin 10 and Dublin 12 . The townlands of Inchicore North and Inchicore South are located in
1680-473: The Liffey to which tall ships may travel, as all bridges downriver of it are either swingbridges or bascule . Around 60% of the Liffey's flow is abstracted for drinking water and to supply industry. Much of this makes its way back into the river after purification in wastewater treatment plants. Despite a misconception that the Guinness brewery is one such commercial user, the facility uses water piped from
1740-489: The Liffey's bridges. Downstream of the East-Link bridge, the river is still mainly used for commercial and ferry traffic, with some recreational use also. High speed trips out the mouth of the Liffey were also previously available from Sea Safari. Upstream from the city, at Chapelizod , the river is used by private, university and Garda rowing clubs. The Liffey Descent Canoe Race , held each year since 1960, covers
1800-551: The Liffey, under Loopline Bridge , shooting the rapids where water chafed around the bridgepiers, sailing eastward past hulls and anchorchains, between the Custom House old dock and George's quay. James Joyce , Ulysses (1922) She asked that it be named for her. – The river took its name from the land. – the land took its name from the woman. Eavan Boland , Anna Liffey (1997) That there, that's not me – I go where I please – I walk through walls, I float down
1860-720: The Liffey. One such stone bridge, at Harristown Estate in County Kildare, was built for John LaTouche in 1788. This remains in private use and is near the disused Harristown viaduct (over the Liffey) which was on the Sallins Tullow rail line and was last used in 1959. Dividing the Northside of Dublin from the Southside , the Liffey is today spanned by numerous bridges, mostly open to vehicular traffic. These include
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1920-597: The Muglin Rocks. It crosses from County Wicklow into County Kildare at Poulaphouca and from County Kildare into County Dublin at Leixlip , with the greatest part of its length being in Kildare. The catchment area of the Liffey is 1,256 km (485 sq mi). The long term average flow rate of the river is 18.0 m /s (640 cu ft/s). The Liffey system includes dozens of smaller rivers and more than 100 named streams. Early tributaries include
1980-518: The centenary celebrations of the Easter Rising , Richmond Barracks reopened as a visitor attraction, incorporating nearby Goldenbridge Cemetery . Inchicore Inchicore ( Irish : Inse Chór ) is a suburb of Dublin , Ireland . Located approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin. The village developed around Richmond Barracks (built 1810) and Inchicore railway works (built 1846), before being incorporated into
2040-504: The centenary celebrations of the Easter Rising . Prisoners were taken to Richmond Barracks for processing after the surrender of the insurgents in 1916. Nearby Kilmainham Jail , now a national museum, was the scene of the execution of leaders of Easter Rising of 1916. The Irish Museum of Modern Art , housed in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham , is also nearby. Goldenbridge Cemetery , accessible via guided tours from
2100-790: The centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay . Its major tributaries include the River Dodder , the River Poddle and the River Camac . The river supplies much of Dublin's water and supports a range of recreational activities. Ptolemy 's Geography (2nd century AD) described a river, perhaps the Liffey, which he labelled Οβοκα ( Oboka ). Ultimately this led to the name of the River Avoca in County Wicklow . According to "Place Names from our Older Literature - IV." by Boswell, C. S. (1904 Connradh na Gaedhilge)
2160-712: The city up to recent times. It is connected to the River Shannon via the Grand Canal and the Royal Canal . There is no major navigation on the river itself above the East-Link bridge in modern times, but shipping used to enter Dublin city centre, with major docking points up to the St James' Gate area. Since its construction in 1978, the Talbot Memorial Bridge marks the furthest point up to
2220-685: The civil parish of St. James, in the Barony of Uppercross. The River Camac enters Inchicore flowing northeast from the Landsdowne Valley in Drimnagh. It flows east through Inchicore, and on through Kilmainham and under Bow Bridge, falling into the River Liffey under Heuston Station . Much of its course is now culverted and covered by buildings. During the eighteenth century small industries, primarily paper and textiles, developed along
2280-424: The community working in the railway works. Only the octagonal spire remains, following the dismantling of the church in 1988. Inchicore is in the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and for council elections, forms part of the Ballyfermot-Drimnagh Ward. As of the 2024 local elections , the local elected representatives on the City Council were: There are two community centres, St Michael's and BERA. Arus Mhuire
2340-449: The day and that was, at its peak, the major passenger and commercial trading route through central Ireland, running through the productive farmlands and peat bogs of the Irish midlands. Originally carrying significant traffic during the eighteenth century, it is now a recreational waterway. River Liffey The River Liffey ( Irish : An Life , historically An Ruirthe(a)ch ) is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through
2400-597: The efforts of the teachers and students of these schools in the development of the club. In 1984, a local juvenile club, Donore Iosagain, amalgamated with SS. Michael and James's and the club was renamed the Liffey Gaels. The club plays home games at East Timor Park on Sarsfield Road in Inchicore. Men's, women's, boys and girls basketball teams are based in Oblate Hall. Indoor climbing and bouldering centre "Gravity" based in Goldenbridge Industrial Estate. Teams taking part in Dublin Roller Derby league train and teach skating in Inchicore Community Sports Centre. Inchicore
2460-437: The end of a tunnel and connected Farmleigh estate to Palmerstown . The Millennium Bridge was opened in December 1999, and 21st century additions include Seán O'Casey Bridge (2005), Samuel Beckett Bridge (2009), and Rosie Hackett Bridge (2014). There are records regarding several bridges in County Kildare. A bridge was built in Kilcullen in 1319. There are also a number of historic private and disused bridges over
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2520-428: The expanding city bounds. Inchicore is a largely residential area and is home to the association football club St Patrick's Athletic FC . Inchicore grew from a small village near a marsh on the River Camac at Inse Chór or Inse Chaoire . Some sources suggest that Inse Chaoire means "sheep island", referring to the spot where sheep were herded and watered outside Dublin city prior to market. Other sources, including
2580-400: The hard times in his life after his separation from his family. Francis Ledwidge , the First World War war poet , has associations with St. Michael's CBS, formerly Richmond Barracks. This is where he enlisted and trained before shipping out to Flanders. The Inchicore Ledwidge Society runs events to raise awareness of Ledwidge's life and works, and holds an annual wreath-laying ceremony in
2640-405: The mill as a visitor attraction. Other watercourses in the area include the Creosote Stream , which passes through the railworks, and comes to the Liffey at the western end of the Gardens of Remembrance. The Grand Canal was constructed in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is now a recreational waterway. It passes along the south side of Inchicore. The path along the canal
2700-414: The mountains of Kippure 742 metres (2,434 ft) and Tonduff 642 metres (2,106 ft) in the northern section of the Wicklow Mountains , forming from many streamlets near the Sally Gap. It flows for 132 km (82 mi) through counties Wicklow , Kildare and Dublin before entering the Irish Sea at its mouth at the midpoint of Dublin Bay , on a line extending from the Baily lighthouse to
2760-562: The nearby Richmond Barracks, was the first dedicated Catholic cemetery in Ireland that opened after Catholic Emancipation . It opened in 1828, shortly before the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 . Goldenbridge is the burial place of modern Ireland's first head of government, President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave , who died in 1965. Primary schools in the area include Gaelscoil Inse Chor, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál (Oblates) NS, Our Lady of Lourdes NS, and Inchicore National School. The restored 'Model School' (Inchicore NS)
2820-442: The new Parish of St. Catherine and St. James with St. Audeon, served by St. Audeon's Church, Cornmarket, and St. Catherine and St. James' Church on Donore Avenue. Inchicore has been home to a number of poets. Michael Hartnett , lived on Tyrconnell Road from 1984 until about 1986. A plaque marks the house where he wrote some of Inchicore Haiku near Richmond Park, home to St. Patrick's Athletic Football Club. 'Inchicore Haiku' recounts
2880-507: The north and south banks of the Liffey, extending from the weir at Islandbridge to Ringsend bridge over the river Dodder, just before the East-Link toll bridge. From west to east, the quays on the north bank are: From west to east, the quays on the south bank are: In the Annals of Inisfallen for the year 808, an entry reads: From Joyce to Radiohead , the Liffey is often referenced in literature and song: "riverrun, past Eve and Adam's , from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by
2940-408: The oldest bridge which connected Church Street and Bridge Street . It was replaced with Whitworth Bridge in 1816. The oldest bridge still standing is Mellows Bridge , (originally Queens Bridge) constructed in 1764 on the site of Arran Bridge, which was destroyed by floods in 1763. The first iron bridge was the Ha'penny Bridge built in 1816. Farmleigh Bridge , also iron, was built around 1872 at
3000-525: The only regular traffic on the river within the city is the Liffey Voyage water tour bus service, which runs guided tours along the River Liffey through Dublin City centre. Departing from the boardwalk downstream of the Ha'penny Bridge , the Spirit of the Docklands was built by Westers Mekaniska in Sweden as a 50-passenger water taxi . Its variable ballast tanks (not unlike a submarine ) and low air draught mean that at low tide it can float high, but at high tide it can ride low and still pass below
3060-421: The people court martialled there. The parks in the area include Grattan Crescent Park and Jim Mitchell Park, which hold playgrounds, as well as Turvey Park, and the park grounds adjoining the Mary Immaculate Catholic Church. To the south, there is Lansdowne Valley Park . The Irish National War Memorial Gardens , containing a monument designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens , lies just to the north of Inchicore; there
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#17327762633503120-564: The request was granted. The Liffey was previously named An Ruirthech , meaning "fast (or strong) runner". The word Liphe (or Life ) referred originally to the name of the plain through which the river ran, but eventually came to refer to the river itself. The word may derive from the same root as Welsh llif (flood, flow, stream), namely Proto-Indo-European lē̆i-4 , referring to the historic propensity of areas such as Phoenix Park and Waterstown Park to be inundated, but Gearóid Mac Eoin has more recently proposed that it may derive from
3180-424: The river approaches Dublin city. Towns along the river include Blessington , Ballymore Eustace , Kilcullen , Athgarvan , Newbridge , Caragh , Clane , Celbridge , Leixlip and Lucan before the river passes the suburb of Chapelizod and then runs through the city of Dublin all the way to its mouth. The River Liffey in Dublin city has been used for many centuries for trade, from the Viking beginnings of
3240-412: The river takes its name from Magh Life, i.e. the plain of Kildare through which the Life flows. This in turn takes its name from Life, daughter of Canann Curthach, who eloped with and married Deltbanna mac Druchta, cup-bearer to Conaire Mór High King of Ireland. Life took a liking to this plain, and demanded that it should bear her name, and Deltbanna refused to serve any more drink to the men of Éire till
3300-428: The then countryside at Inchicore outside the built-up suburbs of Dublin. Between the years 1846 and 1848 several houses and a Workmans Dining Hall were built on Inchicore Road. As the works complex expanded in the nineteenth-century house building in Inchicore expanded with the works being the predominant employer. Inchicore is the location of a large tram yard terminus and coachworks and the major engineering works of
3360-448: The upper tidal extremities of the river between Islandbridge and western Chapelizod. With the development of commercial Dublin in the 17th century, four new bridges were added in Dublin between 1670 and 1684: Barrack, or Bloody Bridge, (the forerunner of the current Rory O'More Bridge ), Essex Bridge ( Grattan Bridge ), Ormond Bridge ( O'Donovan Rossa Bridge ) and Arran Bridge. Flooding in December 1801 following 36 hours of rain destroyed
3420-414: Was also born in Inchicore and moved to London When he was four years old. The courts-martial of a number of figures in the 1916 Rebellion, including poet Patrick Pearse , took place in Richmond Barracks . A number of surviving buildings of the barracks have been restored, with the former gymnasium redeveloped ahead of the 1916 centenary celebrations. It contains wall panels and a tapestry that highlight
3480-549: Was built in 1853 as a prototype facility for government funded non-denominational primary school education in Ireland. Secondary schools serving the area include Mercy Secondary School. This co-educational Catholic school, under the trusteeship of CEIST , is located on Thomas Davis Street West, off Emmet Road. It is a member of the Trinity Access Programme (TAP) and the international College For Every Student (CFES) programme. The school has won CFES "School of Distinction" several times. The Inchicore College of Further Education
3540-440: Was demolished in 1970, and this was replaced by St. Michaels Estate there. At the same time as the transfer of the barracks to the corporation, Christian Brothers purchased three of the buildings and turned two of them into class rooms and called it "St Michaels Christian Brothers School", a national school opening in 1929. President Mary Robinson visited the school in October 1996. It closed down in 2006. In May 2016, as part of
3600-429: Was for many years the location of a popular Sunday night dance for teenagers. The area used to form part of the parish of St. James, later in a union, and served by St. James' Church , but this church has been deconsecrated, and the attached cemetery is closed and overgrown. In 2010, 7 historic parishes, in three unions, all grouped as the St. Patrick's Cathedral Group, were severed from the cathedral and established as
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