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over the River Liffey in Dublin. | over the River Liffey in Dublin. | ||
The bridge opened in 1861 and has had various official and unofficial names - The Victoria and Albert Bridge, Victoria Bridge, Emancipation Bridge, and now Rory O'More Bridge. It replaced a stone bridge known as Bloody and Barrack Bridge. | The bridge opened in 1861 and has had various official and unofficial names - The Victoria and Albert Bridge, Victoria Bridge, Emancipation Bridge, and now Rory O'More Bridge. It replaced a stone bridge known as Bloody and Barrack Bridge.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_O%27More_Bridge Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
A description of the bridge and its history is available [http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/rory-omore-bridge#skip-to-content here]. | A description of the bridge and its history is available [http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/rory-omore-bridge#skip-to-content here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20071215173830/http:/ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/bridges/omore.html here] | ||
The ironwork was produced by [[Robert Daglish (1809-1883)|Robert Daglish Jr.]] ([[Robert Daglish and Co]]) in 1858. | The bridge was designed by [[George Haplin]]. The ironwork was produced by [[Robert Daglish (1809-1883)|Robert Daglish Jr.]] ([[Robert Daglish and Co]]) in 1858 and completed in 1859 originally named The Victoria and Albert Bridge, or Queen Victoria Bridge. | ||
It was renamed in the 1930s for Rory O'More, one of the key figures from the plot to capture Dublin as part of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_O%27More_Bridge Wikipedia]</ref> | |||
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rory_O%27More_Bridge See images of the bridge from Wikimedia] | |||
[https://structurae.net/structures/rory-o-more-bridge See images of the bridge from structurae.net] | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 6 November 2017
over the River Liffey in Dublin.
The bridge opened in 1861 and has had various official and unofficial names - The Victoria and Albert Bridge, Victoria Bridge, Emancipation Bridge, and now Rory O'More Bridge. It replaced a stone bridge known as Bloody and Barrack Bridge.[1]
A description of the bridge and its history is available here and here
The bridge was designed by George Haplin. The ironwork was produced by Robert Daglish Jr. (Robert Daglish and Co) in 1858 and completed in 1859 originally named The Victoria and Albert Bridge, or Queen Victoria Bridge.
It was renamed in the 1930s for Rory O'More, one of the key figures from the plot to capture Dublin as part of the Irish Rebellion of 1641.[2]
See images of the bridge from Wikimedia
See images of the bridge from structurae.net