Support this site
Workbooks and t-shirts
Everything on this site is free, and will stay that way: no paywall, no sign-up, no adverts. If you would like to help with the hosting, the domain and the hours of digging through maps and reports, you can buy something here. It is the whole business model.
Classroom and family workbooks
Five workbooks about the Poddle, each written at three levels for 1st to 6th class, so fifteen in all. They are PDFs you download and print: original writing and artwork, with notes for the adult, curriculum links and an answer key. One copy covers your own family or a single classroom.
The Secret River
A first look at Dublin’s hidden river: where it rises, where it runs and why the city grew beside it. Fact pages, drawing, matching and a map to colour.
1st and 2nd class ages 6 to 83rd and 4th class ages 8 to 105th and 6th class ages 10 to 12
Hunt for the Hidden River
A treasure hunt through the city centre, stop by stop, looking for the signs of a river that runs underneath. Clues, rubbings and an answer key.
1st and 2nd class ages 6 to 83rd and 4th class ages 8 to 105th and 6th class ages 10 to 12
Walk the Hidden River
A self-guided walking tour of the Poddle’s course through the Liberties and the city centre, about 2.5 km, with activities at each stop.
1st and 2nd class ages 6 to 83rd and 4th class ages 8 to 105th and 6th class ages 10 to 12
Mill Detectives
Water power and the mills of the Poddle, with a waterwheel you can make at home from card and a paper plate.
1st and 2nd class ages 6 to 83rd and 4th class ages 8 to 105th and 6th class ages 10 to 12
Flood Defenders
Rain, rivers and keeping Dublin dry: why the Poddle floods, what the flood scheme is building, and simple experiments to try.
1st and 2nd class ages 6 to 83rd and 4th class ages 8 to 105th and 6th class ages 10 to 12
€4 for one workbook, €9 for a title at all three levels, €25 for the complete set of fifteen. Paid by card or PayPal on a shop page; the download arrives by email straight away.
Coming soon
Poddle t-shirts
Shirts and totes printed with the river: the 1848 line of the Poddle, the culvert arch, and the dubh linn that gave Dublin its name. Printed to order by a print-on-demand company, so nothing is made until someone wants it and there is no box of unsold stock in a spare room. They handle the printing, the postage and anything that goes wrong with an order.
Coming soon
Other ways to help
- Tell us what we have wrong. Corrections and local memories are worth more to this site than money: get in touch.
- Share the site with a school, a history group or anyone who walks over the river without knowing.
- Ask us to give a talk or lead a walk for your group.