Source to Sea of the river Liffey by kayak.

On 20th November 2019 I took on the challenge of a full decent of the river that I grew up on. It was a spectacular way to see this beautiful river and countryside as it changes along its course and to see the effects that development and people have had on it, starting from up in the top of the Sally Gap and Finishing at Poolbeg pier. taking a total time of 16hr 34min to complete 125km.
Dedicated to my beautiful sister Emma.

[@DonegalOverlanding]

Just seen this posted on Reddit, what a feat, thanks for sharing. Really deserves so many more views.

[@neemyn407]

Same here, it could be a good "tourist" marathon with proper care and evaluation of stages beforehand.

[@raftinthomas]

Great! Love things like that. And I love the brown water, we've that here also in the Eifel/Ardennes, the lttle mountain region between Belgium and Germany. But usally there's only water in winter, very rarely after heavy rainfalls the other time of the year.

[@gggggc]

When will the full unedited 16.5 hour version be uploaded?

[@brianluisi7616]

That is a sweet little creek, dont want to have to try and roll on that baby

[@ianhopcraft9894]

Inspirational, and in the dark too, Ha ha ha, brilliant. Gona spank the Great Ouse this year for sure but not to the sea as it gets too boring once you reach the fens. Well done!

[@stephenfromzuri4742]

have my subscribe, have my like, you're a maniac for this trip, it was awesome, would love to see a full video commentary on this, cuz that was amazing, and looked insanely dangerous at the start. well done man, you a ledge.

[@conorproffitt]

amazing he did this in under 8 minutes

[@tobaccorich]

😂

[@bean_eater1209]

How our grandparents got to school:

[@digitalsarcomere]

Kayaked a bit on the river when I was younger & always enjoyed the different perspective it gave. Great to see this. Fair deuce.

[@derrickbyrne2847]

That was one hell of a paddle. Well done sir. 👏👏👏

[@demlot4653]

In a day ? , I'm well impressed and paddling through the quays in the dark is just as impressive as when you set out .

[@Tdunphy85]

Thanks, It’s was a great experience and definitely had some fun navigating the ships etc in the dark.

[@nickdoran631]

I watched this a load of of times Tom! Such a class descent. Nice one dude! Nick

[@Tdunphy85]

Thanks man was a great day out! I'll try make a more informative edit on the next run.

[@Karl_with_a_K]

Great adventure, well done!

[@nifty512]

That is some feat deserves a lot more credit you could pay me a million euro and I still wouldn’t go down those weirs in the dark

[@geoffmiller271]

This was great, but all I could think about was 16.5hrs in a whitewater boat! I would need a wheelchair after that!

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Yes i would have thought an overnight camp would have been better !

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

No safety belts were used in the making of this most adventurous and brilliant film, one man and his Kayak heading down into Liffey weather below. If the great Phil Lynett was still around, he would have written and sand a song about this adventuring man and his beautiful sister Emma.

[@edgannon8665]

Class! Mesmerising to watch. Do the Shannon now! Lol

[@alisonkennedy9069]

Well done! Very courageous 🎉

[@AB-Dre]

That was an impressive feat to watch. Well done you absolute energizer bunny!!

[@apeer555]

Amazing feat... Up at the top scale of high level adventure .....

[@gr8sword97]

Congrats man, this seems like a lot of fun even if you’re getting soaking wet the whole time. Would not want to flip over near one of those rocks though!

[@rapidsplash9339]

Thanks pertaining to delivering these sort of awesome info.

[@imnothere220]

Brilliant video. Thanks for putting it up.

[@mrjackbenny]

This is such a soothing video

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Narrator of the film- " It was at this moment ,sadly the Kayaker realised ,as he approached it , - he had forgotten or failed to notice on the map, the 200 foot high waterfall he was now rapidly approaching !!!"

[@seonruiz4835]

Cant wait to see someone do this with the Shannon.

[@LordMangudai]

Be pretty boring in comparison, most of the Shannon is very broad and slow if not an outright lake

[@NR-gk1ox]

Pretty it's been done

[@Galdamita]

Brave person!

[@mickogavin5417]

Amazing video

[@BrianFallon1980]

Respect! makes me want to take up Kayaking!

[@Tdunphy85]

Thanks man, never to late to start!!!

[@luca1658]

Or early

[@MrKFNeverGiveUp]

Excellent. Well done man.

[@sevans606]

Awesome

[@lifesahobby]

That is impressive , fair play

[@pauledwardstaunton]

You absolute beast

[@looneyirish007]

Fantastic effort.

[@collsguy]

Well done!

[@BAK87]

Mad props man!

[@ronactive]

Traumhaft schönes Wildwasser. Grüße ronactive

[@garrymcgauran4978]

Damn impressive.

[@Dnekro69]

Hiked the River liffey before from its source up the Mts back out to the South wall in Dublin bay it turned out to be about 125 miles on foot with all the detours along the banks A lot more straight forward by kayak methinks

[@loneridar]

Legend

[@irishmusico]

Fair play to you!

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

That looks like lots of fun - water all the way! We're doing a source-to-sea of the Brisbane River in Australia. First 100Km is by foot, the recent rain missed Queensland.

[@Tdunphy85]

Wow the Brisbane looks like an amazing decent hope all goes well. That first 100km will be a good workout for sure but when you finally hit the city it will all be worth it. Watch out for Hector....

[@brisbaneriver-thewholejour2600]

@@Tdunphy85 Thanks - the walk so far has been great, but I do look forward to getting on the water :-)

[@FROFilmsIRE]

The first half was fascinating, then lots of gaps and lots of unrecognisable darkness. Perhaps starting off at midnight and entering city early evening would allow bright enough views if city centre.

[@paulcredmond]

Brilliant video, well done. Were you not a bit worried doing it solo? Some of those early parts looked a bit hairy.

[@Tdunphy85]

Its a bit of a challenge alright, but with the right prep it can be enjoyed safely.

[@riverliva792]

c'mon man you didnt prep anything 1:30 into the video. Just routed into a slot full of undercut and tree.@@Tdunphy85

[@lordofnothing.]

shame the video resolution is so muddy because this is awesome!

[@supereliptic]

This is an amazing video - please, can I ask if its possible for you to upload a higher quality one? 480p doesnt do this any justice!

[@adrianosullivanOfficial]

Well done, you must have been buzzing coming down from the ha'penny 👍

[@simonboland]

1:35 looked rather dicey

[@Monatomic86]

"Wooooo!" -Tdunphy85

[@citizenwolf8720]

Great feat, but who the hell thought the end of November would be a good time to do it. 8 hours of daylight. :(

[@Tdunphy85]

November is a great time to do it. All to do with water levels. There needs to be a lot of rain or the first section of river is bare rock and the bottom has no flow.

[@seventeenpoint5]

Great question, great answer

[@KevinMoriarty]

Sending it at 3:24

[@Panzerfisting]

Damn, this looks like Skyrim

[@maxcody5040]

Could I ask, where is the official source of the Liffey, a rough location and/or Coordinates as I'm going to be creating a 4 part documentary on this river? Cheers

[@colmh9699]

Bloody impressive lad. Incredible challenge completed in style. Out of curiosity what star WW do you have?

[@Sam_Green____4114]

Now to do the Shannon ?

[@graemepaterson1983]

Beast, just popped up in my recommended. Did you walk it or have any back up! Top work

[@Tdunphy85]

Thanks, kayaked the whole river from the top in the sally gap to the bottom where it meets the sea at great south wall, but I did go around the dams.

[@DerekCullenOutdoors]

This was really cool to watch. I was thinking of walking the length of the river over a few days. Do you think the river would be able to follow on foot? I'm sure it passes through a lot of private land. Thought you might know after kayaking. Thanks for the video ;)

[@Tdunphy85]

Thanks man, yep I think it’s possible for sure just will take some time, the start is all based in a boggy area and would be slow moving but very doable. Once you get past blessington reservoir it will be a little trickier with having to cross equestrian estates, farmers fields, fences, barbed wire etc along with navigating any tributaries on the way that may not have bridges etc where needed. Once you get to celbridge things will get easier and there are paths close to the river most of the way to Dublin port. I’d say it would be a great walk and nice way to enjoy the river!

[@TimDuggan]

Well done. Massive paddle. I'm doing it on a SUP from above Polaphoca reservoir to sea. Any tips? Gaining to take 2 days and camp

[@Tdunphy85]

It’s a bit overgrown just after blessington so watch for fishing hooks etc, but you’ll definitely have a great trip down on sup! Enjoy

[@danielmcevoy2967]

💪💪💪👏👏👏😎😎

[@Aodhankelly]

Fair played, looks great. Where exactly was your starting point and that area of rapids?

[@Tdunphy85]

Thanks, it’s close to the crossroads of the sally gap. On the old military road.

[@Aodhankelly]

@@Tdunphy85 I'd love to give it a crack but I'd probably start after the white water, coz I only have a touring kayak. Is there only this much water flowing in the winter? When you look at satellite images or StreetView etc it doesn't look anything what like you went down, very little water - doesn't look passable.

[@whatsup8464]

@@Aodhankelly rivers are high in autumn/winter..I think he said november...plus he is travelling down a decent...there is alot of flow there...

[@wanderlust1411]

Did you have to get out of water often due to shallow water or blockages? Did you go through memorial park?

[@Tdunphy85]

I only had to get out for the portages at the dams, and yes I past through that park late in the trip in the dark.

[@crs19191919]

You should do it for charity this year In the opposite direction.

[@luca1658]

Come again

[@patelmistrz4255]

Fuck me. I want try that hobby . Stop smoke joints any more. First few second - small stream. Next few seconds is a real a PRIMAL. Sorry for my english

[@conniptions6575]

Poggers

[@laraghpittman2099]

hi would you mind if we share your video to show as an example of embodied online filmmaking ? this is with an arts and human rights project. Thanks

[@Tdunphy85]

Laragh Pittman that’s no problem at all, thanks for the interest.

[@crs19191919]

In November why? A dominatrix would punish you less in 16 hours

[@Tdunphy85]

It is usually only possible while or a few hours after heavy rain, in the summer time the top 25km is not deep enough for a kayak.

[@afroninjadeluxe]

this should not be called a sport. its just a guy floating on a cork down a stream! anybody could do it. /s

[@ianhallett6174]

Jaysus lad, I was shitting myself for you there in a few spots! Some day that by the looks of it.