We visited the River Liffey in the Dublin Centre.
River Liffey
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More than 500 metres above sea level, deep in the Wicklow wilderness and a mere 20 kilometres or so - as the crow flies - south of Dublin city centre, the River Liffey bubbles up through soft mountain bog. From this splendid isolation it begins a long, meandering journey, coursing west, north and northeast, through Wicklow and Kildare, before making that final, decisive, eastward turn towards Dublin.
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The River Liffey is a river which flows through the center of Dublin, Ireland. The river supplies a wide range of recreational activities and entertainment for all age groups.
The previous name of the River Liffey is An Ruirthech, which means “fast runner”. It was also known as the Anna Liffey, possibly an anglicization translation of Abhainn na Life, the Irish phrase that literally means “River Liffey”.
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