Blackfriar's Bridge water level

Name: Blackfriar's Bridge water level (Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie))
Creator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

River gauge, Breagagh (Kilkenny), Kilkenny, Ireland

Directions

Below the normal range

Water level

0.09m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT+1 (11 hours ago)

History

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What this means

At 0.09 m, the Breagagh (Kilkenny) at Blackfriar's Bridge is below normal.

The usual range here runs from 0.11 m to 0.45 m.

It has barely moved over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly.

Autumn rain usually starts to lift rivers again after the summer low.

Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge. How to read levels

Key numbers

Normal range: 0.11 m – 0.45 m
Highest on record: 1.47 m

On the river at Blackfriar's Bridge

Low, clear water makes fish wary, and anglers often do better early and late in the day. For canoeists, shallow riffles mean scraped hulls and the odd portage.

Flood warnings for the area come from the OPW and Met Éireann.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 8.4 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

18 Sun 12° 2° – Wind 7 km/h

19 Mon 10° 5° 1.3 mm, 63% Wind 11 km/h

20 Tue 13° 7° 11 mm, 62% Wind 28 km/h

21 Wed 11° 6° 8.9 mm, 62% Wind 27 km/h

22 Thu 11° 5° 0.6 mm, 83% Wind 18 km/h

23 Fri 9° 4° – Wind 26 km/h

24 Sat 12° 6° 16 mm, 67% Wind 34 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:00 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10 hr, 29 min First quarter 48%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
John's Bridge NoreRiver gauge, Nore	0.48 m	Normal	−0.02 m	0.5 km
Archers GroveRiver gauge, Nore	0.40 m	Low	−0.02 m	3.1 km
Dinin BridgeRiver gauge, Dinin	0.17 m	Normal	−0.02 m	7.1 km
AnnamultRiver gauge, Kings	0.33 m	Normal	±0	12 km
Mount JulietRiver gauge, Nore	0.30 m	Normal	−0.03 m	14 km
CallanRiver gauge, Kings	0.31 m	Normal	−0.01 m	15 km
Royal OakRiver gauge, Barrow	0.46 m	Normal	+0.01 m	19 km
BrownsbarnRiver gauge, Nore	0.43 m	Normal	−0.06 m	20 km

Questions and answers

What is the typical range for the Breagagh (Kilkenny) at Blackfriar's Bridge?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) gives a typical range of 0.11 m to 0.45 m for this gauge.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.09 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of Blackfriar's Bridge today?

On 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 GMT+1, the water level was 0.09 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Blackfriar's Bridge rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is the level of Blackfriar's Bridge normal?

Below the normal range. Compared with the normal range the agency publishes for this gauge.

What is the highest water level ever recorded at Blackfriar's Bridge?

The highest level on record is 1.47 m.

How often is this data updated?

The Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie) publishes a new reading every 15 minutes. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie)
Station code: opw:15050 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 52.65464, -7.25821 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: OD Malin Head OSGM15
Gauge zero: 43.982 m
Update interval: every 15 minutes
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence (source waterlevel.ie - provided by the Office of Public Works)

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.09 m	2026-10-17 23:00	Provisional

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Office of Public Works (waterlevel.ie): Blackfriar's Bridge (opw:15050). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/ireland/kilkenny/blackfriars-bridge

How we check values

Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer