This is the principal bridge across the River Liffey, in Dublin. It is the main life line between North and South Dublin. You will definitely cross it on any tours of Ireland! It was once known as the “Carlisle Bridge” and was rebuilt in 1794, and then again...
O’Connell Bridge, named after the founder of Irish nationalism, Dan O’Connell, the Liberator (who’s statue by Foley, appears on the extreme right), is the principal bridge across the Liffey. Once known as Carlisle Bridge it was rebuilt in 1794 and again in 1880. Stand long...
A statue of Daniel O’Connell, ‘The Liberator’, stands at the Southern end of the street named after him, overlooking O’Connell Bridge, the city’s main North-South link. Around the plinth fly bronze angels of victory, their wings pierced with bullet holes from the Easter Rising of...