Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Liffey

Liffey, river, Leinster province; rises under Kippure Mountain, N. co. Wicklow, flows SW. and W. through co. Kildare, past Kilcullen and Newbridge, thence NE. through cos. Kildare and Dublin, and falls into Dublin Bay at Dublin city; length 50 miles; the chief affluents are King's River, Lye, Slade, Tolka, and Dodder. The Liffey abounds in salmon and trout.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Wicklow IrlC

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