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A View from Dublin Bridge (1816)
by Annette Black, Wicklow — 29th August 2013
Flood waters destroyed King John’s Bridge in 1385. A new bridge was not completed until 1428 and was Dublin’s only bridge until 1670. The present bridge was opened in 1818. The pealing of the eight bells of Christchurch marks the turn of the year to 1816 and makes your rest...
Father Mathew Bridge
Built in 1818
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A View from King John’s Bridge (1385)
by Annette Black, Wicklow — 28th August 2013
King John granted a new stone bridge to Dublin in 1214, at a time when the river was free to ebb, flow and swell upon the land unconstrained by quay walls and had but this one bridge across it. Find some shelter from the driving rain - beneath the overhang...
Father Mathew Bridge
Built in 1818
