Timeline
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1013
Brian Boru is camped on the land overlooking the Liffey at present day Island Bridge where a ford crossed the river.
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c1450
Records tell of a stone bridge, called Kilmainham Bridge, near here.
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1545
Island Bridge is destroyed by flood waters.
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1577
Sir Philip Sidney’s new bridge opens.
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1782
Sarah Child elopes with John Fane, Earl of Westmorland.
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1789
John Fane is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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1792
Sarah Bridge is opened.
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1793
Sarah Fane, mother of five, dies on November 9th, aged 29.
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1793
The ruinous Island Bridge is taken down.
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1813
Sarah Bridge is damaged by flood waters.
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1922
Island Bridge is reinstated as official name of the bridge.