1874 – Grattan Bridge, Dublin
Named after Henry Grattan MP (1746-1820) and opened in 1874. The original bridge on this site was built in 1676 and called Essex Bridge after the Lord Lieutenant Arthur Capel,
Named after Henry Grattan MP (1746-1820) and opened in 1874. The original bridge on this site was built in 1676 and called Essex Bridge after the Lord Lieutenant Arthur Capel,
One of the new generation of bridges on the Liffey, the Millenium Bridge was the second footbridge on the river,
Named after the Dublin author James Joyce whose story “The Dead” is set in a house facing the bridge,
This pedestrian bridge, which links Custom House Quay with City Quay, is named after the Dublin writer Sean O’Casey.
The cathedral was built between 1202 and 1285 in an early English Gothic style out of the local limestone. Over the centuries,
Founded by William Marshall the Younger, for the Dominican Friars in 1225, the Black Abbey was also known as the Convent of the One and Undivided Trinity.
The Franciscans came to Ireland in around 1226, and St Francis’s Abbey was founded sometime between 1231 April 1234. The first definite date for the abbey is October 15,
The Shees were a wealthy merchant family in Kilkenny in the sixteenth century much like the Rothes who built Rothe House.
In 1594 a wealthy merchant called John Rothe built this magnificent Tudor mansion. Second and third generation houses were built around the cobelled courtyards and a well dating to 1604.
The name “Tholsel” is derived from two old English words: “toll”, meaning tax; and “sael”, or hall, the place where tolls were paid.
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