Can anyone recommend...

cormie

A long, calm, shallow river that goes on for miles and miles through fields and forests, maybe an hours drive away from Dublin or so that you can also rent a little dinghy/paddle boat for a day? It'd be for someone who can't swim so calmness is essential and no crazy rapids. The river Strule in Omagh would be perfect but a bit far away I think. Anyone know any such rivers closer and nothing too commercial, just nature

mods, haven't a clue where the best place for this is

connundrum

Parts of the Barrow could fit your desription iirc.

Why not look at a canal? There are some parts down Tullamore/Dangain where it'd be lovely to go out on a boat/canoe.

biko

Upstream of Liffey?
River Poddle sounds friendly

Banter Joe

Magnus wrote: »

Upstream of Liffey?
River Poddle sounds friendly

Sounds more like poodle to me.

Mr.Lizard

Banter Joe wrote: »

Sounds more like poodle to me.

Well at least it's not a puddle. Wouldn't have much fun with a dinghy in one of those.

WindSock

Aww, that sounds nice. Can I come too?

Gone Drinking

WindSock wrote: »

Aww, that sounds nice. Can I come too?

Now he'll be looking for A long, calm, shallow river that goes on for miles and miles through fields and forests, maybe an hours drive away from Dublin or so that you can also rent a little dinghy/paddle boat for a day? It'd be for someone who can't swim so calmness is essential and no crazy rapids and it has to have a nice discrete riding area along the way.

Noopti

Just sit in the bath.......and look out the window.

Terry

The Liffey from the back of the mill in Celbridge.
You can access it from the Ardclough road.

There's a row of houses about half a mile down the road on your right. It's the second row of old houses you want. Not the first one. The ones facing South.
In frront of those houses, you will see an large house with a lot of canoes in the back garden.
They have a small jetty and you can get into the river from there.
Best to ask permission first though.
The current isn't strong, so it's easy going.

You could also try the Rye from Maynooth to Leixlip.
It takes you through Carton and is fairly shallow until it merges with the Liffey in Leixlip.
You can get out at the boat house in Leixlip, just at the edge of the liffey. There's a bank there.
It leaves you off in the middle of Leixlip village.

cormie

Thanks for that!

chin_grin

Haven't a clue. But you'll need a bag of lime, shovel, saw.......what too far?