The Poddle

Media

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Films, television and writing about the Poddle. Links open on other sites.

  1. VideoDublin’s Hidden RiversA short film on the Poddle and the city’s other buried rivers.
  2. VideoRiver Poddle in Dublin’s city centre, previously unseenFootage from inside the culverted river in the city centre.
  3. VideoTymon Park’s eskerThe Echo, on the glacial ridge beside Tymon Castle.
  4. VideoKimmage Manor from the airDrone footage of the manor where the river is piped under the buildings.
  5. VideoMedieval Dublin Online: Wood QuayHow the Viking and medieval town grew beside the Poddle and the Liffey.
  6. TelevisionThe Liffey, episode 1: Protection and Defence (RTÉ, 2022)Dublin City Council’s David Green takes the cameras underground on the Poddle.
  7. ArticleUnderground Dublin: a pilgrimage through an ancient tunnel networkPatrick Freyne in The Irish Times, 2021, walking the Poddle beneath the city.
  8. ArticleThe Ship Street archaeological digRTÉ News, June 2020, on the ravine found south of Dublin Castle.
  9. PhotographsHidden Dublin: the River PoddleA photo series following the river, including the grating at its outfall.
  10. WritingUndercurrents, by Amanda BellHaiku and prose on Irish rivers, with a section on the Poddle.