Liffey
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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After reaching the Ha'penny Bridge, Pope decided to race one more mile to the city's Samuel Beckett bridge where the Liffey flows into the Irish Sea.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2022
His winning work, “The Liffey Swim,” depicts the annual race in Dublin’s River Liffey.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
They were 2 down on the par-5 16th hole, where the River Liffey separates the fairway from the green.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2022
There is, as in London, a waterway dividing the city, and it is the northern territory above Dublin’s River Liffey that has traditionally been seen as the rougher side of town.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2018
The Pale was literally bounded by the Liffey and the Boyne, and the old feuds, the long-protracted wars between the Anglo-Irish and the natives still subsisted.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
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