River Dodder

River Dodder
River Dodder
	Dodder through Rathgar
Etymology	Old Irish dothar, possibly meaning "river" or a Pre-Celtic substrate word
Native name	An Dothra (Irish)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Kippure Mountain, County Dublin
• elevation	763 m (2,503 ft)
Mouth
• location	Dublin Docklands, ultimately Dublin Bay (River Liffey)
Length	26 kilometres (16 mi)
Basin size	120.8 km2 (46.6 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	River Liffey
Tributaries
• left	Cot Brook, Slade Brook, Glassavullaun, Ballymaice Stream, Jobstown (or Whitestown) Stream, Muckross Stream, Swan River
• right	Mareen's Brook, Ballinascorney Stream, Piperstown Stream, Owendoher River (with Whitechurch Stream), Little Dargle River (with Castle Stream), River Slang (Dundrum River, with Wyckham Stream)

The River Dodder (Irish: An Dothra)^[6] is one of the three main rivers in Dublin, Ireland, the others being the Liffey, of which the Dodder is the largest tributary, and the Tolka.

^ Smyth, Gerry (18 July 2001). Space and the Irish Cultural Imagination. Springer. ISBN 9781403913678. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "eDIL – Irish Language Dictionary". dil.ie. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ "Spenser's Irish Rivers (5) – Wonders of Ireland". libraryireland.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Strategic Environmental Assessment – Scoping Report (PDF) (Report). Dublin City Council. June 2008. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
^ "River Dodder Catchment Flood Risk Assessment & Management Study". Dublin City Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
^ "An Dothra/River Dodder". Logainm.ie. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[1] Smyth, Gerry (18 July 2001). Space and the Irish Cultural Imagination. Springer. ISBN 9781403913678. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] "eDIL – Irish Language Dictionary". dil.ie. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[3] "Spenser's Irish Rivers (5) – Wonders of Ireland". libraryireland.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[SEAScoping-4] Strategic Environmental Assessment – Scoping Report (PDF) (Report). Dublin City Council. June 2008. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

[DodderCFRAMS-5] "River Dodder Catchment Flood Risk Assessment & Management Study". Dublin City Council. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2010.

[6] "An Dothra/River Dodder". Logainm.ie. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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River Dodder
Dodder through Rathgar
Etymology	Old Irish dothar, possibly meaning "river" or a Pre-Celtic substrate word^[1]^[2]^[3]
Native name	An Dothra (Irish)
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Kippure Mountain, County Dublin
• elevation	763 m (2,503 ft)^[4]

Mouth
• location	Dublin Docklands, ultimately Dublin Bay (River Liffey)
Length	26 kilometres (16 mi)^[5]
Basin size	120.8 km² (46.6 sq mi)^[4]
Basin features
River system	River Liffey
Tributaries
• left	Cot Brook, Slade Brook, Glassavullaun, Ballymaice Stream, Jobstown (or Whitestown) Stream, Muckross Stream, Swan River
• right	Mareen's Brook, Ballinascorney Stream, Piperstown Stream, Owendoher River (with Whitechurch Stream), Little Dargle River (with Castle Stream), River Slang (Dundrum River, with Wyckham Stream)