Tolka River

With the tolka Water running fresh and clear from Co Meath and running through Finglas, glasnevin, Drumcondra and Ballybough you could almost imagine you are floating towards Dublin bay on a little boat.
You will pass through Finglas and you can wave at the young and old fishermen siting under the little bridge near the ballyboggan road, (yes a hidden gem i found, quiet and secluded!) and then onto the little natural pond filled with swans, ducks and moorhens before passing by the edge of the Glasnevin cemetary filled with Dublin’s deceased famous and family.
Once by the cemetary you will run through the botanical gardens where the scent of roses, lilys and exotic plants and flowers will awaken your senses for a while.
Then Griffith park will be the next on the journey’s itinary, a park which has always been known as Tolka park to the locals due to the river running through it and a fine park it is too! After that it heads towards the bay at Clontarf but first visiting the bishops palace off Drumcondra road where it once watered the fresian cattles that grazed on its field.
There are a few little waterfalls on the way and for the most this is a clean and well kept river. But the tolka river also has a bit of a turbulent history as it has burst its banks a few times in my lifetime! i remember one time that people had to come up Milmount road from the main Drumcondra road by canoe organised by the gardai! we were always thankful we lived up a bit on a hill so the river never reached us but until they created banks and a better drainage system there was always the worry that the river would flood. I