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|locale = [[Dublin]], Ireland
|locale = [[Dublin]], Ireland
|designer = [[James Gandon]]
|designer = [[James Gandon]]
|preceded = [[Ha'penny Bridge]]
|followed = [[Rosie Hackett Bridge]]
|material = Granite, portland stone
|material = Granite, portland stone
|length = ~45m
|length = ~45m
|width = ~50m (~47m between parapets<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nfTy6VSUDqMC&q=o%27connell+bridge&pg=PA42 | publisher = Telford | title = Ireland – Civil Engineering Heritage | authors = Ronald C. Cox, Michael H. Gould | page = 41 | date = 1998 | isbn = 9780727726278 | quote = "''the width between parapets [is] 152 ft 8 in [approx 47m]''" | access-date = 2020-10-03 | archive-date = 2021-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210829074457/https://books.google.com/books?id=nfTy6VSUDqMC&q=o%27connell+bridge&pg=PA42 | url-status = live }}</ref>)
|width = ~50m (~45m between parapets<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nfTy6VSUDqMC&q=o%27connell+bridge&pg=PA42 | publisher = Telford | title = Ireland – Civil Engineering Heritage |author=Ronald C. Cox |author2=Michael H. Gould | page = 41 | date = 1998 | isbn = 978-0-7277-2627-8 | quote = "''the width between parapets [is] 152 ft 8 in [approx 47m]''" | access-date = 2020-10-03 | archive-date = 2021-08-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210829074457/https://books.google.com/books?id=nfTy6VSUDqMC&q=o%27connell+bridge&pg=PA42 | url-status = live }}</ref>)
|spans = 3
|spans = 3
|begin = {{start date and age|1791}}<br/>(reconstruction commenced {{start date and age|1877}})
|begin = {{start date and age|1791}}<br/>(reconstruction commenced {{start date and age|1877}})
|complete = {{start date and age|1794}}<br/>(reconstruction completed {{start date and age|1882}})
|complete = {{start date and age|1794}}<br/>(reconstruction completed {{start date and age|1882}})
| map_type = Ireland Central Dublin
|coordinates = {{coord|53.3473|-6.2591|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates = {{coord|53.3473|-6.2591|display=inline,title}}
}}
}}


'''O'Connell Bridge''' ({{irish place name|Droichead Uí Chonaill|no_translate=yes}})<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1167150 | publisher = Logainm.ie | work = Placenames Commission Database | title = Droichead Uí Chonaill / O'Connell Bridge | access-date = 9 December 2016 | archive-date = 24 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181224235653/http://www.logainm.ie/en/1167150%20 | url-status = live }}</ref> is a road bridge spanning the [[River Liffey]] in [[Dublin]], Ireland, which joins [[O'Connell Street]] to [[D'Olier Street]], [[Westmoreland Street]] and the south quays.
'''O'Connell Bridge''' ({{irish place name|Droichead Uí Chonaill|no_translate=yes}})<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1167150 | publisher = Logainm.ie | work = Placenames Commission Database | title = Droichead Uí Chonaill / O'Connell Bridge | access-date = 9 December 2016 | archive-date = 24 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181224235653/http://www.logainm.ie/en/1167150%20 | url-status = live }}</ref> is a road bridge spanning the [[River Liffey]] in [[Dublin]], Ireland, which joins [[O'Connell Street]] to [[D'Olier Street]], [[Westmoreland Street]] and the [[Dublin quays|south quays]].
[[File:O Connell Bridge.crop.JPG|thumb|View of bridge from the south with [[O'Connell Street]] in the background.]]
[[File:O Connell Bridge.crop.JPG|thumb|View of bridge from the south with [[O'Connell Street]] in the background]]


==History==
==History==
The original bridge (named ''Carlisle Bridge'' for the then [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] – [[Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle]]) was designed by [[James Gandon]], and built between 1791 and 1794.<ref name="IA">{{cite web | url = http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1880-oconnell-bridge-dublin/ | publisher = Archiseek.com | title = 1880 – O'Connell Bridge, Dublin | work = Architecture of Dublin City | date = 2010 | access-date = 2010-04-12 | archive-date = 2016-03-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310141813/http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1880-oconnell-bridge-dublin/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
The original bridge (named ''Carlisle Bridge'' after the then [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] – [[Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle]]) was designed by [[James Gandon]], and built between 1791 and 1794.<ref name="IA">{{cite web | url = http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1880-oconnell-bridge-dublin/ | publisher = Archiseek.com | title = 1880 – O'Connell Bridge, Dublin | work = Architecture of Dublin City | date = 2010 | access-date = 2010-04-12 | archive-date = 2016-03-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160310141813/http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1880-oconnell-bridge-dublin/ }}</ref>


Originally humped,<ref name="IA"/> and narrower, ''Carlisle bridge'' was a symmetrical, three semicircular arch structure constructed in [[granite]] with a Portland stone [[balustrade]] and [[obelisks]] on each of the four corners.<ref name="PH">{{cite report| url= http://www.berthamilton.com/13329.pdf| title= Project history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges| work= Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4| publisher= Phillips & Hamilton| access-date= 2005-06-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060126/http://www.berthamilton.com/13329.pdf| archive-date= 2017-08-12| url-status= dead}}</ref> A keystone head at the apex of the central span symbolises the [[River Liffey]], corresponding to the heads on [[the Custom House]] (also designed by [[James Gandon]]) which personify the other great [[rivers of Ireland]].
Originally humped,<ref name="IA"/> and narrower, ''Carlisle bridge'' was a symmetrical, three semicircular arch structure constructed in [[granite]] with a Portland stone [[balustrade]] and [[obelisks]] on each of the four corners.<ref name="PH">{{cite report| url= http://www.berthamilton.com/13329.pdf| title= Project history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges| work= Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4| publisher= Phillips & Hamilton| access-date= 2005-06-14| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060126/http://www.berthamilton.com/13329.pdf| archive-date= 2017-08-12}}</ref> A keystone head at the apex of the central span symbolises the [[River Liffey]], corresponding to the heads on [[the Custom House]] (also designed by [[James Gandon]]) which personify the other great [[rivers of Ireland]].
[[File:Straight On or Left or Right to Westmoreland Street Only (11336065326).jpg|thumb|Straight on or left or right to [[Westmoreland Street]] only. A busy scene from the 1930s with [[Dublin United Tramways Company]] trams.]]
[[File:Straight On or Left or Right to Westmoreland Street Only (11336065326).jpg|thumb|Straight on or left or right to [[Westmoreland Street]] only. A busy scene from the 1930s with [[Dublin United Tramways Company]] trams.]]


Since 1860, (following similar work on ''Essex Bridge'' – now [[Grattan Bridge]]), to improve the streetscape and relieve [[traffic congestion]] on the bridge, it was intended to widen Carlisle Bridge to bring it to the same width as {{convert|70|m|adj=on}} wide Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street) which formed the north side carriageway connection to the Bridge.<ref name="PH"/> Between 1877 and 1880 the bridge was reconstructed and widened.<ref>{{Structurae|id=20005736|title=O'Connell Bridge | accessdate = 9 December 2016 }}</ref> As can be seen on orthophotography <ref>{{cite web| url = http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,715880,734436,8| title = Shop.osi.ie mapviewer| publisher = Ordnance Survey Ireland| access-date = 2009-12-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529055024/http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,715880,734436,8| archive-date = 2010-05-29| url-status = dead}}</ref> it spans now {{convert|45|m|abbr=on}} of the Liffey and is about {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} wide.
Since 1860, following similar work on ''Essex Bridge'' (now [[Grattan Bridge]]) to improve the streetscape and relieve [[traffic congestion]] on the bridge, it was intended to widen Carlisle Bridge to bring it to the same width as {{convert|70|m|adj=on}}-wide Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), which formed the north side carriageway connection to the Bridge.<ref name="PH"/> Between 1877 and 1880 the bridge was reconstructed and widened.<ref>{{Structurae|id=20005736|title=O'Connell Bridge | accessdate = 9 December 2016 }}</ref> As can be seen on orthophotography <ref>{{cite web| url = http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,715880,734436,8| title = Shop.osi.ie mapviewer| publisher = Ordnance Survey Ireland| access-date = 2009-12-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529055024/http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,715880,734436,8| archive-date = 2010-05-29}}</ref> it spans now {{convert|45|m|abbr=on}} of the Liffey and is about {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} wide.


When the bridge was reopened c.1882 it was renamed for [[Daniel O'Connell]] when the statue in his honour was unveiled.{{efn-la|There are actually two O'Connell bridges in Dublin. The other spans the pond in [[St Stephen's Green]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/oconnell-bridge | publisher = Dublin City Council | work = Bridges of Dublin | title = O'Connell Bridge - Overview | access-date = 13 May 2020 | archive-date = 6 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200806214312/http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/oconnell-bridge | url-status = live }}</ref>}}
When the bridge was reopened around 1882 it was renamed for [[Daniel O'Connell]], when the statue in his honour was unveiled.{{efn-la|There are actually two O'Connell Bridges in Dublin. The other spans the pond in [[St Stephen's Green]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/oconnell-bridge | publisher = Dublin City Council | work = Bridges of Dublin | title = O'Connell Bridge - Overview | access-date = 13 May 2020 | archive-date = 6 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200806214312/http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridges/oconnell-bridge | url-status = live }}</ref>}}


In recent years, the lamps that graced the central island have been restored to their five lantern glory. In 2004, a pair of pranksters installed a plaque on the bridge dedicated to [[Father Pat Noise]], which remained unnoticed until May 2006,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/2006/05/father_pat_noise.htm | title = The Father Pat Noise 'Memorial' | date = 16 May 2006 | publisher = Blather.net | access-date = 16 May 2006 | archive-date = 22 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060522192840/http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/2006/05/father_pat_noise.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> and was still there as of June 2020.
In recent years, the lamps that graced the central island have been restored to their five-lantern glory. In 2004, a pair of pranksters installed a plaque on the bridge dedicated to [[Father Pat Noise]], which remained unnoticed until May 2006,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/2006/05/father_pat_noise.htm | title = The Father Pat Noise 'Memorial' | date = 16 May 2006 | publisher = Blather.net | access-date = 16 May 2006 | archive-date = 22 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060522192840/http://www.blather.net/shitegeist/2006/05/father_pat_noise.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> and was still there as of June 2020.


[[File:Carlisle Bridge, Dublin, c.1870.jpg|thumb|Carlisle Bridge, c. the 1870s]]
[[File:Carlisle Bridge, Dublin, c.1870.jpg|thumb|Carlisle Bridge, c. the 1870s]]

Latest revision as of 15:44, 15 November 2024

"Carlisle Bridge" redirects here. For the bridge in Lancaster, England, see Carlisle Bridge, Lancaster.

O'Connell Bridge

Droichead Uí Chonaill
O'Connell Bridge viewed from the west
O'Connell Bridge viewed from the west
Coordinates53°20′50″N 6°15′33″W / 53.3473°N 6.2591°W / 53.3473; -6.2591
CrossesRiver Liffey
LocaleDublin, Ireland
Other name(s)Carlisle Bridge
Preceded byHa'penny Bridge
Followed byRosie Hackett Bridge
Characteristics
MaterialGranite, portland stone
Total length~45m
Width~50m (~45m between parapets[1])
No. of spans3
History
DesignerJames Gandon
Construction start1791; 233 years ago (1791)
(reconstruction commenced 1877; 147 years ago (1877))
Construction end1794; 230 years ago (1794)
(reconstruction completed 1882; 142 years ago (1882))
Location
Map

O'Connell Bridge (Irish: Droichead Uí Chonaill)[2] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, which joins O'Connell Street to D'Olier Street, Westmoreland Street and the south quays.

View of bridge from the south with O'Connell Street in the background

History

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The original bridge (named Carlisle Bridge after the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland – Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle) was designed by James Gandon, and built between 1791 and 1794.[3]

Originally humped,[3] and narrower, Carlisle bridge was a symmetrical, three semicircular arch structure constructed in granite with a Portland stone balustrade and obelisks on each of the four corners.[4] A keystone head at the apex of the central span symbolises the River Liffey, corresponding to the heads on the Custom House (also designed by James Gandon) which personify the other great rivers of Ireland.

Straight on or left or right to Westmoreland Street only. A busy scene from the 1930s with Dublin United Tramways Company trams.

Since 1860, following similar work on Essex Bridge (now Grattan Bridge) to improve the streetscape and relieve traffic congestion on the bridge, it was intended to widen Carlisle Bridge to bring it to the same width as 70-metre (230 ft)-wide Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), which formed the north side carriageway connection to the Bridge.[4] Between 1877 and 1880 the bridge was reconstructed and widened.[5] As can be seen on orthophotography [6] it spans now 45 m (148 ft) of the Liffey and is about 50 m (160 ft) wide.

When the bridge was reopened around 1882 it was renamed for Daniel O'Connell, when the statue in his honour was unveiled.[a]

In recent years, the lamps that graced the central island have been restored to their five-lantern glory. In 2004, a pair of pranksters installed a plaque on the bridge dedicated to Father Pat Noise, which remained unnoticed until May 2006,[8] and was still there as of June 2020.

Carlisle Bridge, c. the 1870s
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The bridge is the setting of Liam O'Flaherty's short story, The Sniper, and is also referenced in several other works, including James Joyce's novel, Ulysses.[9]

Arthur Fields, locally known as The Man on The Bridge, took more than 182,000 photographs of pedestrians on the bridge from the 1930s to the 1980s.[10][11]

Notes

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  1. ^ There are actually two O'Connell Bridges in Dublin. The other spans the pond in St Stephen's Green.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ronald C. Cox; Michael H. Gould (1998). Ireland – Civil Engineering Heritage. Telford. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7277-2627-8. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2020. the width between parapets [is] 152 ft 8 in [approx 47m]
  2. ^ "Droichead Uí Chonaill / O'Connell Bridge". Placenames Commission Database. Logainm.ie. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "1880 – O'Connell Bridge, Dublin". Architecture of Dublin City. Archiseek.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  4. ^ a b Project history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges (PDF). Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4 (Report). Phillips & Hamilton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2005.
  5. ^ O'Connell Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Shop.osi.ie mapviewer". Ordnance Survey Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  7. ^ "O'Connell Bridge - Overview". Bridges of Dublin. Dublin City Council. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. ^ "The Father Pat Noise 'Memorial'". Blather.net. 16 May 2006. Archived from the original on 22 May 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2006.
  9. ^ "Dubliners could get their big bronze 'time ball' back". theirishtimes.com. Irish Times. 4 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Arthur Fields: the man on O'Connell bridge". The Guardian. 18 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Man on Bridge – Photos on the bridge from 1930s–1980s". ManOnBridge.ie. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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