Bradogue River
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| Bradogue River Bradoge, Bradok, Glascoynock, the Pole Water, St Michan's Streams, Le Rughdich | |
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 Main outfall of the Bradogue River from culvert to River Liffey, Ormond Quay | |
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| Etymology | Bradóg = young salmon, others in article |
| Native name | Bradóg (Irish) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cabra |
| Mouth | River Liffey |
• location | Ormond Quay |
• coordinates | 53°20′45″N 6°16′11″W / 53.3458°N 6.2698°W |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ormond Quay |
| Basin features | |
| River system | River Liffey |
The Bradogue River is a small river in Dublin that rises in Cabra and flows into the River Liffey, with its primary outfall at Ormond Quay. It is culverted for its entire course.[1]
The river has mainly been known as the Bradogue (or variations on that including Bradoge, Bradok and Braddock since at least the 18th century,[2] but the river has also been known by other names too, including Glascoynock, St Michan's Streams, the Pole Water,[3] and Le Rughdich.[2]
Bradogue (Bradóg in Irish) means young salmon.[1] Glascoynock is a corruption of Glasmacanóg, the stream of Canoc (Canoc was a Welsh-Irish saint), and this is the name most often encountered from Viking times to the 18th century. The St Michan's name arose from similar origins when the Norse of Dublin were forced to move to the Oxmanstown suburb by the Anglo-Normans who had taken control of the walled city.[2] Pole Water is probably a corruption of Pill Water, referring to the Pill, the muddy area with multiple mouths from the small river to the historically unwalled Liffey.[4]
