Tully Stream

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Tully Stream
Native nameAn Tulach  (Irish)
Location
CountryIreland
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTully West, County Kildare
 • elevation84 m (276 ft)
Mouth  
 • location
 Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour via Finnery River and River Barrow
 • coordinates
 53°04′18″N6°59′55″W / 53.07176°N 6.99864°W / 53.07176; -6.99864 Coordinates: 53°04′18″N6°59′55″W / 53.07176°N 6.99864°W / 53.07176; -6.99864
Length13 km (8.1 mi)
Basin size49.3 km2 (19.0 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average0.063 m3/s (2.2 cu ft/s)

Tully Stream (Irish : An Tulach [1] ) is a stream in County Kildare, Ireland.

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Name

Tully Stream takes its name from the Tully civil parish in which it rises, which in turn gets its name from tulaigh, the Irish for "hillock." [2]

Course

Tully Stream rises south of the Irish National Stud near Kildare Town. It flows south parallel to the R415 road, passing through Brallistown, an area where the stream is associated with Saint Brigit. It passes under the Soomeragh Bridge and Walterstown Bridge before turning westward and flowing through Nurney, County Kildare, flowing under the R415 at Nurney Bridge. The Tully Stream flows on through Harristown, where there is an EPA monitoring station. It then turns southwest, meeting a tributary stream at Lenagorra, flowing through Cherrymills and draining into the Finnery River at Boherbaun Lower

History

Tully Stream has an ancient association with Brigit of Kildare. The well at Tully is dedicated to her Brallistown, also called "The Greallachs" (Irish greallach, meaning puddle/mire) is said to have been the site where Brigit kept her cow, prayed, and made butter by Tully Stream. St. Brigid's Shoes are two stones through which the stream flows. [3]

Wildlife

Brown trout (Salmo trutta), three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) are all found in Tully Stream. [4]

Pollution

Phosphate levels are high in Tully Stream, causing eutrophication. [5] In 2001-03, it was listed as being "seriously polluted" due to municipal discharges. [6] The EPA reported "seriously polluted" stretches in 2006, 2007 and 2008. [5] The Irish National Stud was fined €500 in 2008 for making illegal discharges into the Tully Stream. [7]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "An Tulaigh/Tully". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Grey Abbey Conservation Project: AN TOSTAL SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 1953 - CHAPTER 7". Kildare.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "South Eastern River Basin District Rivers Report 2009" (PDF). Wfdfish.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 "WATER QUALITY IN IRELAND 2007 - 2008" (PDF). Epa.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Council sewage plants 'causing huge problems'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "National Stud is fined for pollution". Leinsterleader.ie. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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