Timeline
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1682
Sir Humphrey Jervis, developer and Lord Mayor of Dublin builds the first, wooden Ormonde Bridge over the summer months.
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1684
The second Ormonde Bridge, of four masonry spans and a wooden drawbridge, opens.
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c1685
The wooden drawbridge section is replaced by a fifth masonry arch.
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1687
Ormonde Bridge is reported as ‘broken’ by floods.
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1752
George Semple makes repairs to the bridge foundations.
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1760
Mrs Archer’s tavern and part of the south arch and deck of bridge falls into the river, there is no loss of life.
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1786
The Ormonde Bridge is in such ruinous state a catastrophe is predicted.
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1802
The Ormonde Bridge is swept away by floods which carried the arch of the bridge 200 metres downstream.
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1805
James Savage, of London, wins the design competition for a new bridge.
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1813
The Duchess of Richmond lays the foundation stone of the new bridge, a temporary wooden bridge opens.
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1816
The Richmond Bridge opens on St. Patrick’s Day.
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1922
The bridge is renamed the O’Donovan Rossa Bridge by Dublin’s Municipal Council.