Timeline
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1773
A Lord Lieutenant’s report states the case for the relocation of the Custom House and the building of a new bridge east of the medieval city.
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1775
On August 6, 1775, Daniel O’Connell is born near Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry.
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1791
Gandon’s Custom House is completed and John Beresford, first Commissioner for Revenue, lays the foundation stone of the new bridge.
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1792
Carlisle Bridge opens to pedestrians.
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1794
The bridge opens to vehicular traffic.
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1847
On May 15, Daniel O’Connell dies in Genoa, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia.
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1877
In late May/early June, work begins on reconstruction.
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1880
On August 6, O’Connell’s birth date, the newly rebuilt bridge formally opens and is renamed O’Connell Bridge.
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1916
On Monday, April 24 , the rebels seize the General Post Office on O’Connell Street, and other key buildings, signalling the beginning of the Easter Rising.
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1932
On June 26, Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri makes the closing address of the Eucharistic Congress from O’Connell Bridge to an estimated gathering of one million people.
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2008
Weather and water erosion to the pillars and balustrades is repaired by Dublin City Council.