The River Liffey which was coined from the word Liphe or Life (the name of the plain the river flows through) was initially called a different name. In Irish, river means Anna, so some people call it Anna Liffey but years ago it used to be called An Ruirthech meaning "the strong and fast one", this name was as a result of the stampeding nature of the most popular river in Dublin which was caused by the limited space of the origin to sea which results in hanelling of heavy rai