1788 – Proposal to link Grand Canal with Liffey, Dublin Architect: John Brownrigg A large ladder of canal locks proposed to join the James Street Basin of the Grand Canal with the River Liffey.
1807 – Royal Canal Hotel, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare Architect: John Brownrigg In 1807 a Royal Canal Hotel was opened at Moyvalley, between Enfield and Kinnegad. It was reported to have been “the best of its kind and one of the best kept of any in Ireland”