Tully Stream
| Tully Stream | |
|---|---|
| Native name | An Tulach (Irish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Tully West, County Kildare |
| • elevation | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour via Finnery River and River Barrow |
• coordinates | 53°04′18″N 6°59′55″W / 53.07176°N 6.99864°W |
| Length | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Basin size | 49.3 km2 (19.0 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.063 m3/s (2.2 cu ft/s) |
Tully Stream (Irish: An Tulach[1]) is a stream in County Kildare, Ireland. It rises near Kildare town and ultimately drains into the Celtic Sea via other rivers.
Name
Tully Stream takes its name from the Tully civil parish in which it rises, which in turn gets its name from tulaigh, the Irish for "hillock."[2]
Course
Tully Stream rises south of the
Waterford city
.)
History
Tully Stream has an ancient association with
mire) is said to have been the site where Brigit kept her cow, prayed, and made butter by Tully Stream. St. Brigid's Shoes are two stones through which the stream flows.[3]
Wildlife
nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) are all found in Tully Stream.[4]
Pollution
Phosphate levels are high in Tully Stream, causing eutrophication.[5] In 2001-03, it was listed as being "seriously polluted" due to municipal discharges.[6] The EPA reported "seriously polluted" stretches in 2006, 2007 and 2008.[5] The Irish National Stud was fined €500 in 2008 for making illegal discharges into the Tully Stream.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "WATER QUALITY IN IRELAND 2006" (PDF). Climatechange.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "An Tulaigh/Tully". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Grey Abbey Conservation Project: AN TOSTAL SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 1953 - CHAPTER 7". Kildare.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "South Eastern River Basin District Rivers Report 2009" (PDF). Wfdfish.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b "WATER QUALITY IN IRELAND 2007 - 2008" (PDF). Epa.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Council sewage plants 'causing huge problems'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "National Stud is fined for pollution". Leinsterleader.ie. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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