Watery Ways – when the Dodder helped out the Poddle

Watery Ways – when the Dodder helped out the Poddle

3 Oct 1990

Indeed, Dublin has had an organised water supply system for nearly 750 years. When the medieval city was only 50 acres in extent, the river Poddle served the people’s needs, but the source soon proved to be inadequate and, in 1244, the City Sheriff was mandated to improve things.

He did so by entering an agreement with the Priory of St. Thomas, which owned a weir on the Dodder at Balrothery: as a result, Dodder water was diverted to augment Poddle water and a supply, crystal clear and adequate, was maintained.

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