List of rivers of County Dublin

There are more than 130 named rivers and streams in the Dublin Region (the historic County Dublin), Ireland, which comprises the city of Dublin and the surrounding administrative counties.

County Dublin (shaded dark green)

Rivers and tributaries

The rivers and streams are listed in one table, with systems such as the Liffey (and that of its major sub-system, the Dodder), Broadmeadow, Tolka and Shanganagh identified within the table. The name of each watercourse, the location of its mouth or confluence point and whether, for tributaries, they enter their parent on the right or left bank, is noted. Unnamed tributaries are not included. Most are shown on the back cover map of the Doyle reference, and those in the central area are shown on the main and section-specific maps in the Sweeney reference.

Name Alternative name(s)	System, if applicable	Order (Classic)	Order (Strahler)	Bank	Source	Mouth / point of confluence	Refs	Notes
Delvin River	Delvin	1st	2	-	NW of Garristown	Near Knocknagin, N of Bremore	[1]	Runs N of Naul, S of Stamullin, two cascades of over 5m near Naul
Bartramstown River	Delvin	2nd	1	Left	Near Fourknocks	NE of Garristown	[1]
Hurley River	Nanny (Meath)	2nd	2	Right	Tobergregan, S of Garristown	(to the Nanny R., Meath)	[1]
Bremore River	-	1st	2	-	NW of Balbriggan	N of Balbriggan	[2]
Bracken River Matt River	-	1st	3	-	W and S of Balbriggan	Balbriggan	[1]
Inch Stream	Bracken (Matt)	2nd	2	Right	S of Balbriggan	Stephenstown, Balbriggan
Tanner's Water	Bracken (Matt)	3rd	1	Right	E of Balrothery	N of Balrothery
Brook Stream Mill Stream	Brook Stream	1st	2	-	Branches W of Skerries	Skerries	[1]	Supplying (but not flowing through) the mill pond for the mill complex at Skerries
Milverton Stream	Brook Stream	2nd	1	Left	NW of Skerries	W of Skerries	[1]
St. Catherine's Stream	-	1st	1	-	NW of Kenure Demesne	Brook's End, N of Rush	[1]
Kenure Stream	-	1st	1	-	W of Kenure Demesne	E of Kenure Demesne	[3]	Runs alongside Palmer Road in culvert, and then in nice valley down to north end of Rush's North Beach
Rush Town Stream Brook Stream	-	1st	1	-	W of Rush	North Beach, Rush	[3]
Bride's Stream	Bride's Stream	1st	2	-	N of Lusk	S of Whitestown, Rogerstown Estuary	[3]
Jone's Stream	Bride's Stream	2nd	1	Left	NE of Lusk	S of Whitestown, Rogerstown Estuary	[3]
Baleally Stream	-	1st	1	-	Lusk (south of Round Tower)	Newhaggard, after Baleally, Rogerstown Estuary	[3]
Ballyboghil (or Ballyboughal) River	Ballyboghil	1st	3	-	Tobergregan, S of Garristown	Rogerstown Estuary	[3]
Daws River	Ballyboghil	2nd	2	Right	Rath, by Meath border	N of Oldtown	[3]
Richardstown River	Ballyboghil	2nd	2	Left	Grallagh	Gracedieu, S of Richardstown	[3]
Corduff River Ballough Stream or River Nine-Stream River	Ballyboghil	2nd	2	Left	Many branches	Just W of Rogerstown Estuary, near Newhaggard	[3]
Wimbletown Stream	Ballyboghil	3rd	1	Left	N of Ballyboghil	To Corduff, at Newtowncorduff, S of Ballough	[3]	One of two parallel streams, the nameless other comes from branches beyond Damastown
Turvey River (last part: River Pill)	-	1st	2	-	Branches from Cookstown, Magillstown	S of Newbridge Demesne	[3]
Lissenhall Stream	-	1st	-	near Behinstown	1	Lissenhall, south of Newport House	[3]
Broadmeadow River (or Water)	Broadmeadow	1st	3	-	(Meath, near Dunshaughlin)	Broadmeadow Estuary	[3]	5th largest flow in Dublin, wide Broadmeadow Estuary now semi-impounded by rail embankment
Dun Water	Broadmeadow	2nd	2	Right		Dublin/Meath border	[3]
Ward River Swords River	Broadmeadow	2nd	2	Right	(Meath)	N of Swords	[4]
Shallon Stream	Broadmeadow	3rd	1	Right	Cherryhound	To Ward	[4]
Mabestown Stream	Broadmeadow	3rd	1	Left		To Ward, Laurestown, near Corrstown
St. Margaret's Stream	Broadmeadow	3rd	1	Right	Near St. Margaret's	To Ward	[4]
Gaybrook Stream Gay Brook	-	1st	2	-	Near Cloghran	W of Malahide (Yellow Walls / Cave Marsh)	[4]
Sluice River	Sluice	1st	2	-	from below three streams	N end of Baldoyle Bay	[4]
Forrest Little Stream	Sluice	2nd	1	n/a	Near Dublin Airport	Merger with Wad in Baskin area	[4]
Wad Stream	Sluice	2nd	1	n/a	Near Dublin Airport	Merger with Forrest Little in Baskin area	[4]
Kealy's Stream	Sluice	2nd	1	n/a	Near Dublin Airport	Merger with above two in Kinsealy, forming Sluice	[4]
Hazelbrook Stream	Sluice	2nd	1	Left	S of Malahide	W of Portmarnock	[4]
Mayne River	Mayne	1st	3	-	from below two streams	midpoint of Baldoyle Bay	[4]	Studied for GDSDS
Cuckoo Stream	Mayne	2nd	2	n/a	branches near Dublin Airport	Merger with Turnapin E of Balgriffin	[4]
Turnapin Stream	Mayne	2nd	2	n/a	Harristown	Merger with Cuckoo Stream E of Balgriffin	[4]	Main flow of Mayne
Grange Stream	Mayne	2nd	2	Right	W Donaghmede	Baldoyle	[4][5]	Long visible sections culverted in Donaghmede in 1980's, and in Baldoyle in early 2000s - still in open from the former Racecourse lands to near the Mayne
Seagrange Park Stream	Mayne	3rd	1	Right	Bayside / lower Kilbarrack	Baldoyle	[4][5]	Visible along DART line from Bayside and at eastern side of Seagrange Park
Bloody Stream		1st	1	-	Black Linn, Howth	Claremont Strand	[6][7]	One of several Howth Estate streams (the only named one)
Offington Stream		1st	1	-	E of Deer Park golf course	Western Howth Harbour	[7][8]
Boggeen Stream Gray's Brook Tramway Brook Boddeen Stream		1st	1	-	W of Thormanby Road, Howth (hollow where part of Thormanby Woods built)	Eastern Howth Harbour	[7][9]	Gray's or Grey's Brook much used locally, still visible in the woodland N of Thormanby Woods and along Gray's Lane
Coulcour Brook Coolcur Brook		1st	1	-	Above Howth village	Balscadden Bay	[7][10]	Visible briefly on Cowbooter Lane
Whitewater Brook		1st	2	-	S part of the Ben of Howth	Whitewater Brook Cove, having crossed under Carrickbrack and Thormanby Roads	[7][11]	Visible briefly near Cliff Walk, and by public car park upstream, and unnamed tributary visible at chain of small ponds above Thormanby Road
Balsaggart Stream		1st	1	-	Between the Ben of Howth and Shelmartin	W of Drumleck Point	[7][12]	Comes to Carrickbrack Road (and sometimes onto it) by Lonethorn
Carrickbrack Stream		1st	1	-	Between Dun Hill and Shelmartin	E Sutton Strand	[13][14]	Piped mouth sometimes visible on Sutton Strand
Santa Sabina Stream		1st	2	-	Howth Demesne (S of main avenue)	E Sutton Strand (155m from Carrickbrack)	[13][15]	Piped mouth sometimes visible on Sutton Strand
Kilbarrack Stream Daunagh Water		1st	-	S of Turnapin	S of Bayside, with secondary, artificial mouth at end of Kilbarrack Road	[15][16]
Blackbanks Stream		1st	1	-	Edenmore, S of Tonlegee Road	Meeting of Howth and James Larkin Roads	[15][17]
Fox Stream Foxe's Lane Watercourse		1st	1	-	Former quarry area, now Edenmore Park	S of Fox's Lane, Raheny	[15][17]
Santry River Raheny River (part) Quinn's River		1st	2	-	Harristown and Dubber	Alongside Bull Island causeway, Raheny	[18][19]	Studied for GDSDS
Naniken River Nannikin or Naneken (part) Ballyhoy River		1st	1	-	N Santry	By Duck Pond, St. Anne's Park	[20][21]
Wad River		1st	1	-	Poppintree	Inner end of Tolka Estuary / Clontarf Bay	[21][22]
River Tolka	Tolka	1st	-	-	(Meath, NW of Batterstown)	Tolka Estuary / Clontarf Bay	[23][24]	River Tolka Flooding Study added to GDSDS
Clonee Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Right	(Meath)	N of N3, near Clonee	[25]
(West) Pinkeen Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	(Meath)	Damastown	[25]
(East) Pinkeen Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	N of Tyrellstown	Mulhuddart	[25]
Warrenstown Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	N of Warrenstown	S of Warrenstown	[25]
Scribblestown Stream Cappoge Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	N of Abbotstown	Scribblestown	[25][26]
Finglaswood Stream Mount Olivat Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	SW Finglas	Finglaswood / Tolka Valley Park	[25][26]
Finglas River	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	Ratoath Road, N of Finglas	S of Finglas	[25][27]	Studied for GDSDS
Claremont Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	W of Finglas	Glasnevin (near RC church)	[25][28]
Cemetery Drain	Tolka	2nd	-	Right	Near Liffey Junction	Glasnevin (near RC church)	[29][30]
Hampstead Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	DCU and Hillside Farm branches	W Drumcondra	[30][31]
Marino Stream	Tolka	2nd	-	Left	High Park area, Drumcondra	Tolka Estuary, Clontarf	[30][31]
River Liffey	Liffey	1st	-	-	(Wicklow, Liffey Head Bog)	Dublin Bay	[32][33]
Brittas River	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Seechon Mountain, Dublin	S of Kilbride, Wicklow	[34]
Tobermaclugg Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	S of Grand Canal	W of Lucan	[35]
Griffeen River (part) Racreena River (part) Esker River	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Saggart Hill	Lucan	[36]
Kilmahuddrick Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Kilmahuddrick	To Griffeen, N of Grand Canal	[35]
Westmanstown Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Left	(Meath)	S of Luttrellstown	[37]
Diswellstown Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Left	Carpenterstown and Castleknock	S of Diswellstown, west of Knockmaroon	[37]
Glenaulin Stream Pound Lane Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	W of Palmerstown	Glenaulin Weir	[37]
Furry Glen Stream Knockmaroon Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Left	W of Farmleigh	S of Furry Glen	[37]
St. Laurence Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Ballyfermot	S of Chapelizod	[37]
Creosote Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Inchicore	Garden of Remembrance	[37]
Magazine Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Left	E Castleknock	Islandbridge	[37]
River Camac Cammock or Cammoke River (part) Clondalkin River	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Mount Seskin	By Heuston Station	[38]	4th largest flow in Dublin, studied for GDSDS
Ferny Glinn	Liffey	3rd	-	Left		To Camac, Brittas Ponds area	[38]
The Two Slades	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	To W	To Camac, N of Brittas	[38]	Two distinct streams but no separate names
Toberach	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	To E	To Camac, N of Brittas	[38]	The last stretch of this small stream had a separate name, "The Stream of the Neighing of Horses"
Boherboy Stream (Upper reaches) Corbally Slade River	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Next valley east of Slade of Saggart	To Camac, N of Saggart village, near Citywest	[38]
Brownsbarn Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Between Corbally and Lugmore	To Camac, N of Saggart village, near Citywest	[38]
Fettercairn Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Right		To Camac, NE of Saggart village	[38]
Robinhood Stream Coolfan River	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Ballymount and Greenhills	To Camac, by Robinhood Ind. Estate	[38]
Gallblack Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	From the merger of the next two streams	To Camac, near Bluebell Cemetery	[38]
Blackditch Stream	Liffey	4th	-	n/a	Rowlagh	Merger with Gallanstown to form Gallblack	[38]
Gallanstown Stream	Liffey	4th	-	n/a	Neilstown	Merger with Blackditch to form Gallblack	[38]
Drimnagh Castle Stream Bluebell Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Right		To Camac, bend of Lansdowne Valley	[38]	Supplies the moat at Drimnagh Castle
Walkinstown Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Right		To Camac, Lansdowne Valley	[38]
Finisk Stream Viceregal Stream Zoo Stream	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	E Castleknock	Just upstream of Heuston Bridge	[39]	Flows through Aras an Uachtarain and Zoo lakes
Bradogue River (also Bradoge, Bradok) Glascoynock Pole Water St. Michan's Streams	Liffey	2nd	-	Left	Cabra	Ormond Quay	[39][40]
River Poddle (Upper reaches) Tymon River	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Cookstown / N Tallaght	Wellington Quay	[41][42]	Studied for GDSDS. Related are the two City Watercourse lines (from the Dodder and from Mount Argus). Alternate (artificial) courses include the Abbey Stream and Tenter Water, and related artificial lines include Lord Limerick's Watercourse and probably Col(e)man's Brook.
Commons Water Coombe Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Crumlin and Drimnagh	To Poddle, at New Street / Kevin Street junction	[43][44]	Passes through the Coombe
Steyne River Stein and other variants	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	S of Adelaide Road near Charlemont Bridge	Burgh Quay	[45][46]
River Dodder	Liffey	2nd	-	Right	Kippure (mountain)	Ringsend	[47][48]	3rd largest flow in Dublin, merges with the Grand Canal as they join the Liffey
Tromanallison ("Allison's Brook")	Liffey	3rd	-	n/a	Near Kippure	Headwaters of Dodder	[46]	Either primary source or very early contributor to the Dodder
Mareen's Brook	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	(Wicklow) SE of Kippure	To Dodder, SE of Kippure	[46]
Cot Brook	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Kippure / Seefingan area	Dodder main course merged in Glenasmole	[49]
Slade Brook	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Seefingan (mountain)	To Dodder, Glenasmole	[49]
Glassavullaun Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Seefingan (mountain) area	Glenasmole (to reservoir system rather than main Dodder flow)	[50]
Ballinascorney Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Ballinascorney	Glenasmole (most of flow to reservoir system rather than main Dodder flow)	[50]
Ballymaice Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left		Glenasmole (most of flow to reservoir system rather than main Dodder flow)	[50]
Piperstown Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Around Featherbed Bog	To Dodder, below Friarstown Glen	[50]
Jobstown Stream Tallaght Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	To Dodder, S of Jobstown	E of Tallaght	[50]
Orlagh Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Woodtown / Orlagh	To Dodder, N of Firhouse / Knocklyon
Owendoher River	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Near Glendoo Mountain	To Dodder, NW of Rathfarnham village, alongside Bushy Park	[51][52]
Glendoo Stream	Liffey	4th	-	Right	W of Glendoo Mountain	To Owendoher headwaters, near Piperstown Gap	[53]
Whitechurch Stream (part) River Glin	Liffey	4th	-	Right	Tibradden area	To Owendoher, Willbrook (Rathfarnham)	[51][53]
Little Dargle River	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Two Rock Mountain	N of Churchtown by Terenure	[53][54]	Prominent in Marlay Park
Castle Stream	Liffey	4th	-	Right	Rathfarnham	To Little Dargle, near Ely Arch (Rathfarnham)	[53][55][56]
River Slang Dundrum River Dundrum Slang Ticknock Stream (upper part)	Liffey	3rd	-	Right	Three Rock Mountain	To Dodder, near Milltown	[53][57]
Wyckham Stream	Liffey	4th	-	Left	SW of Dundrum, and formerly boosted by an offtake from the Little Dargle	To the Slang, south of Dundrum
Muckross Stream	Liffey	3rd	-	Left		To Dodder, Simmonscourt	[53][58]
Swan River Swan Water	Liffey	3rd	-	Left	Towards Kimmage	To the Dodder, above London Bridge near Irishtown	[53][59]
Elm Park Stream		1st	-	-	Goatstown	Merrion Strand (South Bull)	[60][61]
Trimleston Stream St. Helen's Stream		1st	-	-	SW of St. Helen's	Booterstown	[60][61]
Nutley Stream		1st	-	-	Clonskeagh	Williamstown	[61][62]	Previously first stream south of Liffey / Dodder, coming to sea by Sandymount Martello Tower
Priory Stream		1st	-	-	E Stillorgan	Blackrock Park	[63]
Carysfort-Maretimo Stream Glaslower		1st	-	-	Sandyford	Maretimo	[63]
Monkstown Stream Rochestown Stream Carrickbrennan Stream Mickey Brien's Stream Drayton Stream		1st	-	-	Rochestown	West Pier, Dun Laoghaire Harbour	[63]
Glasthule O'Toole's Stream		1st	-	-	Between Rochestown and Glenageary	Scotsman's Bay	[63]
Kill o'the Grange Stream	Kill o'the Grange	1st	-	-	Kill o'the Grange	Killiney Strand	[64]	Connected to a surface water drainage diversion going as far as Sandyford Ind. Estate. Studied for GDSDS.
Deansgrange Stream Clonkeen Stream	Kill o'the Grange	2nd	-	-	Deansgrange	Near Johnstown Road	[64]	Sometimes the whole system is called by this name
Shanganagh River	Shanganagh	1st	-	-	Merger of the below rivers and streams, near Cherrywood	Killiney Strand	[65]
Loughlinstown River (south or main branch) Bride's Glen Stream	Shanganagh	2nd	-	-	Three Rock Mountain	Near Cherrywood	[65]
Loughlinstown River (north or Carrickmines branch)	Shanganagh	2nd	-	-	Merger of the below rivers and streams	Near Cherrywood	[65]
Cabinteely Stream Foxrock Stream	Shanganagh	3rd	-	-	Foxrock	Cabinteely, meeting with the Carrickmines River	[65]
Carrickmines River	Shanganagh	3rd	-	-	Merger of the below streams	Cabinteely, meeting with Cabinteely Stream	[65]	Studied for GDSDS. Previously formed slightly earlier, with Racecourse Stream meeting Ballyogan Stream, and then that Carrickmines River being joined by Glenamuck - the current setup was made during M50 work.
Racecourse Stream	Shanganagh	4th	-	-	Between Leopardstown and Murphystown Roads	Carrickmines, meeting with Ballyogan Stream	[65]
Ballyogan Stream Kilgobbin Stream	Shanganagh	4th	-	-	Three Rock Mountain	Carrickmines, meeting with Racecourse Stream	[65]
Glenamuck Stream	Shanganagh	5th	-	-		Ballyogan, to Ballyogan Stream	[65]	Used to join Carrickmines River directly, not via Ballyogan Stream (before the SE Motorway section of the M50).
Golf Stream	Shanganagh	6th	-	-	Jamestown	To Glenamuck Stream	[65]
Crinken Stream		1st	-	-	Rathmichael	N of Bray	[65]
Glencullen River (part) Cookstown River	Dargle (Wicklow)	2nd	-	Right	Glendoo / Glencullen	To Dargle, near Bray	[65]
Middle Brook	Dargle (Wicklow)	3rd	-	Right	Glendoo Mountain	To Glencullen
Brockey Stream Glasnabrockey	Dargle (Wicklow)	3rd	-	Right	Ballynabrockey	To Glencullen, by Glencullen Bridge	[65]

References

1. Doyle (2008), p. 2
2. Swords, County Dublin, Ireland: "Balbriggan Skerries Agglomeration" by Fingal County Council, p.1
3. Doyle (2008), p. 3
4. Doyle (2008), p. 4
5. Sweeney (1991), p. 97
6. Sweeney (1991), pp. 102–103
7. Doyle (2008), p. 5
8. Sweeney (1991), p. 98
9. Sweeney (1991), pp. 98–99
10. Sweeney (1991), pp. 99–100
11. Sweeney (1991), pp. 100–101
12. Sweeney (1991), pp. 101–102
13. Sweeney (1991), p. 102
14. Doyle (2008), pp. 5–6
15. Doyle (2008), p. 6
16. Sweeney (1991), p. 96
17. Sweeney (1991), p. 95
18. Sweeney (1991), p. 94
19. Doyle (2008), pp. 6–7
20. Sweeney (1991), pp. 90–91
21. Doyle (2008), p. 7
22. Sweeney (1991), pp. 83–84, 87
23. Sweeney (1991), pp. 80–86
24. Doyle (2008), pp. 8–9
25. Doyle (2008), p. 8
26. Sweeney (1991), p. 80
27. Sweeney (1991), pp. 80–81
28. Sweeney (1991), pp. 81–82
29. Sweeney (1991), pp. 82–83
30. Doyle (2008), p. 9
31. Sweeney (1991), p. 84
32. Sweeney (1991), p. 16
33. Doyle (2008), pp. 10–18
34. Doyle (2008), p. 10
35. Doyle (2008), p. 11
36. Doyle (2008), pp. 11–12
37. Doyle (2008), p. 12
38. Doyle (2008), p. 13
39. Doyle (2008), p. 14
40. Sweeney (1991), pp. 48–51
41. Sweeney (1991), pp. 29–43
42. Doyle (2008), pp. 14–15
43. Sweeney (1991), p. 38
44. Doyle (2008), p. 15
45. Sweeney (1991), pp. 44–46
46. Doyle (2008), p. 16
47. Sweeney (1991), pp. 29–30, 59–60
48. Doyle (2008), pp. 16–18
49. Doyle (2008), pp. 16–17
50. Doyle (2008), p. 17
51. Sweeney (1991), pp. 68–69
52. Doyle (2008), pp. 17–18
53. Doyle (2008), p. 18
54. Sweeney (1991), p. 64
55. Sweeney (1991), pp. 64, 67
56. Sweeney (1991), p. 67
57. Sweeney (1991), p. 66
58. Sweeney (1991), p. 61
59. Sweeney (1991), pp. 53–58
60. Sweeney (1991), p. 63
61. Doyle (2008), p. 19
62. Sweeney (1991), p. 62
63. Doyle (2008), p. 20
64. Doyle (2008), pp. 20–21
65. Doyle (2008), p. 21

Bibliography

• Doyle, Joseph W. (2013) [2008]. Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin (7th edition). Dublin, Ireland: Rath Eanna Research. pp. 1–76 + map. ISBN 978-0-9566363-6-2. OCLC 850170101.
• Doyle, Joseph W. (2011) [2008]. Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin (4th edition). Dublin, Ireland: Rath Eanna Research. pp. 1–44 + map. ISBN 978-0-9566363-3-1. OCLC 778916150.
• Doyle, Joseph W. (2010) [2008]. Ten Dozen Waters: The Rivers and Streams of County Dublin. Dublin, Ireland: Rath Eanna Research. pp. 1–22 + map. ISBN 978-0-9566363-0-0. OCLC 664323496.
• Sweeney, Clair L. (1991). The Rivers of Dublin. Dublin, Ireland: Dublin Corporation. pp. 1–115, inc. many maps. ISBN 0-9505301-4-X.

See also

• Rivers of Ireland
• List of rivers in Ireland
• List of Dublin bridges and tunnels