The
Abbey River is a
distributary arm of the
River Shannon that flows around the northeastern, eastern, and southern shores of
King's Island,
Limerick before rejoining the Shannon at
Hellsgate Island.
Hellsgate Island is only visible at low tide. It is bridged by the Abbey Bridge, Baals Bridge, the Canal Bridge, Matthew Bridge, O'Dwyer Bridge, and the Sylvester O'Halloran Footbridge.