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From: SeanRuad~ <>
Subject: Re: [Cork] Rye, Ireland
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 08:43:34 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Donnacha O'Briain-De Grant wrote:
> Rea,
> Rye Water is a river that rises somewhere to the West of Maynooth in Kildare
> and flows toward Dublin. Ryevale is a place along the way. Where did the
> name for the river come from?

from P.W.Joyce's _The Origin & History of Irish Names of Places_ (1869)

"The Four Masters record the legend that in the second year of
the reign of Heremon, the nine rivers named 'Righ' (King's River)
burst forth in Leinster. There are, however, only four rivers
in that province now known by the name, one of which is the Rye
Water, which flows into the Liffey at Leixlip, and which retains
the old name almost unchanged."

hope this is of some help or interest

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