River Liffey

The River Liffey is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of to its mouth within . Its major tributaries include the , the River Poddle and the River Camac.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river flowing through Dublin, Ireland
  • Also known as: Liffey”, “Liffey R.”, “Liffey River”, “Liffy R.”, “Liffy River”, “R. Liffey”, “R. Liffy”, “River Liffy”, and “the River Liffey

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aviva Stadium and 3Arena.

Stadium
Photo: Tarafuku10, Public domain.
, formerly Lansdowne Road and also known as the Dublin Arena, is a sports stadium located in , . It has a capacity of 51,711.

Theater building
Photo: JP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an indoor amphitheatre located at North Wall Quay in the in , Ireland. The venue opened as The O2 on 16 December 2008 and was re-branded on 4 September 2014 due to the takeover of O2 Ireland by Three Ireland.

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , formerly and commonly known as the East-Link Toll Bridge, is a toll bridge in , , on the River Liffey, owned and operated by Dublin City Council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ringsend and Irishtown.

Suburb
is a southside inner suburb of , . It is located on the south bank of the River Liffey and east of the , about two kilometres east of the city centre.

Suburb
is an inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is situated on the southside of the River Liffey, between to the north and to the south, and is to the east of the .

Suburb
is an inner city area of the Northside of , . Built on reclaimed ground in the 1820s, the area is also 30 minutes walk from Dublin's main thoroughfare, O'Connell Street.

River Liffey

Latitude
53.34556° or 53° 20′ 44″ north
Longitude
-6.21694° or 6° 13′ 1″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
9C5M8QWM+66
Geo­Names ID
2962947
Wiki­data ID
Q208009
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“River Liffey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر ليفي
  • Armenian: Լիֆֆի
  • Asturian: Ríu Liffey
  • Basque: Liffey ibaia
  • Basque: Liffey
  • Belarusian: Ліфі
  • Belarusian: Рака Ліфі
  • Breton: Life
  • Catalan: Liffey
  • Catalan: Riu Liffey
  • Cebuano: River Liffey
  • Chinese: 利菲河
  • Chuvash: Лиффи
  • Czech: Liffey
  • Danish: Liffey
  • Dutch: Liffey
  • Estonian: Liffey
  • Extremaduran: Ríu Liffey
  • Finnish: Liffey
  • French: Liffey
  • Galician: Liffey
  • Galician: Río Liffey
  • Georgian: ლიფი
  • German: Liffey
  • German: River Liffey
  • Hebrew: ליפי
  • Hebrew: נהר הליפי
  • Hungarian: Liffey
  • Indonesian: Sungai Liffey
  • Irish: Abhainn na Life
  • Irish: An Life
  • Irish: Life
  • Italian: Anna Liffey
  • Italian: Liffey
  • Japanese: リフィー川
  • Korean: 리피강
  • Latin: Avenlifnius
  • Latvian: Lifija
  • Lithuanian: Lifėjus
  • Lithuanian: Lifis
  • Lombard: An Life
  • Lombard: Liffey
  • Low German: Liffey
  • Marathi: लिफी नदी
  • Marathi: लिफ्फी नदी
  • Mingrelian: ლიფი
  • Nauru: Liffey
  • Norwegian Bokmål: An Life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Liffey
  • Norwegian Bokmål: River Liffey
  • Norwegian Bokmål: The River Liffey
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: An Life
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Liffey
  • Norwegian: Liffey
  • Persian: رود لیفی
  • Persian: لیفی
  • Polish: An Life
  • Polish: An Ruirthech
  • Polish: Liffey
  • Portuguese: Liffey
  • Portuguese: Rio Liffey
  • Russian: Лиффи
  • Saraiki: دریائے لفی
  • Scottish Gaelic: An Life
  • Scottish Gaelic: Lifé
  • Slovak: Liffey
  • Slovenian: Liffey
  • Spanish: Liffey
  • Spanish: Rio Liffey
  • Spanish: Río Liffey
  • Swedish: An Life
  • Swedish: Liffey
  • Swedish: River Liffey
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Liffey
  • Turkish: Liffey Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Ліффі
  • Urdu: دریائے لفی
  • Venetian: Fiume Liffey
  • Welsh: Afon Life
  • Western Frisian: Liffey
  • Western Panjabi: دریائے لفی

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Abbotstown and Sandymount.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alexandra Basin and Ringsend Park.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Liffey”. Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.