Commentary on Crumlin Cross

Commentary on Crumlin Cross

30 Jun 1929

Father Ronan has computed that the watercourse of the combined Dodder and Poddle Rivers formed between the year 1245 and 1254, supplied a daily average of 613,200 gallons to the old capital. Another purpose of this water service, as D’Alton remarks, was, “that after having been tossed and netted in the service of some rural mills, it glides into the Liberties to render its last service to the dyers of that district.

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