1829 – Heuston Bridge, Dublin
Architect: George Papworth
Once virtually unused since the opening of a new bridge beside it to cope with the heavy traffic,
1860 – Balance Rolling Bridge, George’s Dock, North Wall, Dublin
Architect: Turner & Gibson
Illustration of a balance rolling bridge erected at George’s Dock, part of the Custom House Docks,
1861 – Rory O’More Bridge, Dublin
Architect: George Halpin (Jnr.)
Opened in 1861, Rory O’More Bridge is named after one of the ringleaders of a plot to capture Dublin in October 1641.
1870 – Design for O’Connell Bridge, Dublin
Architect: Charles Geoghegan
Entrant in architectural competition to construct a new O’Connell Bridge, replacing Gandon’s Carlisle Bridge. Published in The Irish Builder,
1874 – Grattan Bridge, Dublin
Architect: Bindon B. Stoney
Named after Henry Grattan MP (1746-1820) and opened in 1874. The original bridge on this site was built in 1676 and called Essex Bridge after the Lord Lieutenant Arthur Capel,
1879 – Design for Swing Bridge, Dublin
Architect: Bindon B. Stoney
Design published in 1879 for bridge over the Liffey at Beresford Place to link the new Tara Street with Beresford Place.
1880 – Farmleigh Bridge, Palmerstown, Dublin
Constructed to bring power and utilities across the Liffey and a road to the Iveagh Estate at Farmleigh. The bridge with its ornamental Tudor archway was also used by servants as a pedestrian shortcut.
1880 – O’Connell Bridge, Dublin
Architect: Bindon B. Stoney
Originally designed and built by James Gandon, O’Connell Bridge was built in 1794-98 and named after the then Viceroy –
1891 – Loop Line Bridge, Dublin
Architect: John Chaloner Smith & William H. Mills
Designed by John Chaloner Smith, engineer to the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway,
1910 – Bridge Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
Architect: Horace T. O’Rourke
Sketch design by the city architect Horace T. O’Rourke for a new gallery on a bridge in the River Liffey.
