Booterstown Marsh Nature Reserve is located in Booterstown, County Dublin between the coastal railway line and the Rock Road. It is a salt marsh with brackish water, covering an area of approximately 4.3 ha. It was fed with freshwater from Trimleston stream, and has a tidal inflow under the railway track which runs directly along the edge of Dublin Bay, forming a sea wall at Booterstown.
An Taisce administer the marsh having acquired a lease to i...
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Booterstown Marsh Nature Reserve is located in Booterstown, County Dublin between the coastal railway line and the Rock Road. It is a salt marsh with brackish water, covering an area of approximately 4.3 ha. It was fed with freshwater from Trimleston stream, and has a tidal inflow under the railway track which runs directly along the edge of Dublin Bay, forming a sea wall at Booterstown.
An Taisce administer the marsh having acquired a lease to it in 1970, and have designated it a Bird Sanctuary.
Originally, the area occupied by Booterstown Marsh was part of Merrion Strand and was part of a fringe marsh from Dublin city to Blackrock. Over time, much of this marshland was lost due to reclamation.
The current marsh resulted from the building of the Dublin and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) railway line, which was one of the first in the world, from 1834-35. The line was built on an embankment, protected by a granite seawall. In the 1830s, the resulting tidal lagoon covered more than 28...
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