Abbey River, Limerick

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For the river in England, see Abbey River.
Abbey River
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The Abbey River (Irish: Abhainn na Mainistreach) is a distributary arm of the River Shannon that flows around the northeastern, eastern, and southern shores of King's Island, Limerick before rejoining the Shannon at Hellsgate Island.[1][2] Hellsgate Island is only visible at low tide.[3] It is bridged by the Abbey Bridge, Baals Bridge, the Canal Bridge, Matthew Bridge, O'Dwyer Bridge, and the Sylvester O'Halloran Footbridge.

King's Island's encirclement by the Shannon and Abbey rivers made it a very defensible location, leading to the founding of Limerick as a Viking settlement in the ninth century.[4] The Abbey River has played a defensive role throughout the city's history, not least during the Cromwellian siege of 1650-51,[5] and the Williamite siege of 1691.[6]

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