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campus were also flooded extensively, resulting in lectures being cancelled throughout the week. There was severe damage to the university's then newly built IT building, the Western Gateway Building, situated next to the river on a known floodplain, where, for example, a 300-seat auditorium was
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made a controversial decision to release water from the Inniscarra hydro-electric dam. This released 535 tonnes of water per second into the already flooded river, raising the flood to 1.5 metres in parts of the city centre. The ESB insisted this was an essential move, and if water had not been
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Estuarine tributaries include the Glashaboy River, passing Glanmire (main tributaries the Black Brook, Cloghnageshee River and Butterstown River), the Douglas or Tramore River (joined by the Trabeg River as it flows into the Douglas Channel, its estuary) which drains parts of the southern city,
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Weir in Ballincollig Park; here it is dangerous to swimmers when in high water. The Lee then flows into the city under Inniscarra Bridge and flows parallel to the Carrigrohane road. Along this section gauges monitor the water levels from the Inniscarra Dam. The river flows over the Lee
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The origin of the name Lee is sketchy and legend reputedly attributes the name to the Milesians named 'Corca Luighe' The River Lee has had many variations of spelling. In the Book of Lismore, it is described as Luae. It has also been written as Lua, Lai, Laoi and the Latin
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Recreation activities on the Lee include sailing, swimming, kayaking, water skiing. Several rowing clubs are based on the Lee including the "Lee Rowing Club", "Shandon Boat Club" and “Cork Boat Club”. Naomhoga Chorcai is also based on the Marina, and is Ireland's largest
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Tidal considerations, combined with low-lying urban developments, and later dam management contribute to repeated flooding events on the Lee. For example, specific streets in Cork city centre have been affected by floods more than 100 times since the mid-19th century.
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Tributaries joining below Lough Allua and Inchigeela include the River Toon, the extensive Sullane River system, from near Ballyvourney (tributaries include the Douglas, Finnow, Foherish and Laney or Laine Rivers) via
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almost at the final mouth of the outer Lee estuary (the Liberty Stream joins this river, with significant flows from Cork Airport).
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lies on the south coast) to fill the outer harbour, and reaching the open sea between Whitegate and Crosshaven.
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scheme was built on the river, upstream from Cork City, and this part of the river now contains the
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High tributaries include the Owenagariff, the Bunsheelin, the Paudeen and the Garrifowa.
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The Lee flows from the lake of Gougane Barra as a fast-paced torrent, but by the town of
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on the south coast, one of the largest natural harbours in the world, to empty into the
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Below the last ESB dam, tributaries joining include the River Bride from Slievowen via
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Lee Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study - REP007 - Final Report
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Lee CFRAMS: Hydrology Report, Halcrow Group Ireland (Report). Cork: OPW. 2008.
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City area tributaries include the combined Maglin (from Ballincollig) and
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Owennacurra River (joined by the Dungurney River at Midleton), and the
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flooded to near ceiling height. To prevent issues upstream, the
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Red Dragon sculpture in Lee Fields which are frequently flooded
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The Gearagh, a submerged woodland situated on the Lee near
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In 2009, water was released in large quantities from the
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and then is split into the north and south channels at a
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The River Lee has its source in the Shehy Mountains near
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Not to be confused with the River Lee that flows through
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South Eastern River Basin District Management System
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and its tributaries the Rylane and the Delaghinagh.
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Index

River Lee (Ireland)
River Lee (disambiguation)
Tralee

Macroom

Irish
Shehy Mountains
Gougane Barra
Mouth
Celtic Sea
Cork Harbour
Curraheen River
Irish
river
Ireland
Shehy Mountains
County Cork
Cork
Cork Harbour
Celtic Sea
hydro-electric
Carrigadrohid
Inniscarra
reservoirs
tunnel
Ptolemy
Geography
quasi-mythical Milesian noble
Tralee

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