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5 unusual facts about River Liffey


Conall Guthbinn

Conall next appears at the Battle of Áth Goan in western Liffey in 633.

E. W. Pugin

It has the tallest spire in Dublin (231 ft), and occupies a prominent position on high ground overlooking the Liffey Valley.

Edward Dorins

The Dorins's house was raided by Auxiliaries in February 1921 and he was beaten up and thrown into the Liffey at the Grattan Bridge.

In Death characters

Subsequently, Patrick Roarke beat her to death and threw her in the River Liffey.

Trans-Dublin

The two sections of the route are connected through the centre of Dublin by the Loopline Bridge over the River Liffey between Dublin Connolly and Tara Street.


John Dardis

The governmented then established an Independent Salmon Group to review policy, and the group's report in October 2006 recommended radical measures to halt "the catastrophic decline of Irish salmon stocks", including both a ban drift nets and on angling for salmon in major rivers including the Liffey, Boyne, Barrow, Nore and Suir.

St Stephen's Green station

An extension of the LUAS Green Line is planned to cross the River Liffey, and intersect with the Red Line at the junction between O'Connell Street and Abbey Street and terminate at Broombridge (in Cabra) to interconnect with the Irish Rail Broombridge railway station.


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