Rivers of Munster: Cork’s 'hidden' River Bride and the fight to protect it

Central to Blackpool's development in the 1700s and 1800s, the OPW now want to cover the River Bride over for flood relief, thus losing it as an amenity for the village, writes Michael Moynihan

Chris Moody of Save Our Bride Otters performing a 'kick-test' of the riverbed to check the water quality in the River Bride. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Bride is a small river running through the Northside of Cork City, so small it can be hard to find. And, says Chris Moody, equally hard to name.

“It depends on who you talk to when it comes to the name of the river, or even when the river becomes the Bride.