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Who would you call the new Liffey Bridge after ?

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    #32
    Mr Whirly
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    humberklog wrote: »
    I don't know if that would be a big deal for many people, it wouldn't for myself and it hasn't come up in conversations I've had recently with other people either.

    It has now. What's the point of naming a bridge after someone who if they were alive would only walk across it whilst on holidays?


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    #33
    gurramok
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    Beckett already has a bridge named after him :)(if we're talking about the same one!)

    I'd rather national\city infrastructure be named after recent icons(even if dead 20 years) rather than icons from a hundred plus years ago in order to reflect our recent history as there has been feck all recognition of city heroes in the modern era.


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    #34
    humberklog
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    Mr Whirly wrote: »
    It has now. What's the point of naming a bridge after someone who if they were alive would only walk across it whilst on holidays?

    It simply wouldn't bother me, I just wouldn't care. I can't make it more plane or emotional than that really.


    Personally I'd like it called Diceman's Bridge. After a Scottish gentleman:eek:


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    #35
    newbie2013
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    The bobby sands bridge. Theres streets named after him in lybia,cuba and other places in the world but nothing here in our own country which is a crying shame.


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    #36
    Weathering
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    newbie2013 wrote: »
    The bobby sands bridge. Theres streets named after him in lybia,cuba and other places in the world but nothing here in our own country which is a crying shame.

    In Tehran too


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    #37
    Ruudi_Mentari
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    Brush Sheils' Bridge.


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    #38
    Mr Whirly
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    humberklog wrote: »
    Personally I'd like it called Diceman's Bridge. After a Scottish gentleman:eek:

    I'd rather that than Oscar Wilde. At least the Diceman was a city character. Surely a statue would be more fitting for him? :)


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    #39
    burstbuckle
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    Weathering wrote: »

    In Tehran too
    & Paris


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    #40
    Cookie_Monster
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    Oscar Wilde is already on an Irish Ferry.

    Naming bridges after people is silly IMO. A random non personal name would be far better IMO.


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    #41
    spurious
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    The New Bridge, which is what people will call it anyway.


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    #42
    Death and Taxes
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    newbie2013 wrote: »
    The bobby sands bridge. Theres streets named after him in lybia,cuba and other places in the world but nothing here in our own country which is a crying shame.

    Hardly appropriate to call a bridge after the like of him, in a country that is supposedly attempting to foster reconcilliation!


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    #43
    Dyr
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    WileyCoyote wrote: »
    Hardly appropriate to call a bridge after the like of him, in a country that is supposedly attempting to foster reconcilliation!

    I dunno, the "like" of you could walk across the bobby sands bridge and get over it :)


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    #44
    admiralofthefleet
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    lugs brannigan bridge

    the royston brady memorial bridge


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    #45
    Dyr
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    Royston is worth remembering


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    #46
    howiya
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    Mr Whirly wrote: »
    Wilde, Beckett and Joyce lived most of their lives outside this country and none are buried here.

    In line with current government policy of exporting our young people


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    #47
    ProudDUB
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    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    i think it would be a fitting tribute to name it after the late Tony Gregory.

    No argument from me there. Probably did more to improve the lives of the people who actually live in the area that the bridge is in, than any other person, living or dead.


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    #48
    neris
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    The seanie fifz memorial bridge. They can build the frame then stop work halfway through & leave it sitting derelict for years.


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    #49
    mikemac1
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    harry Bailey esq wrote: »
    i think it would be a fitting tribute to name it after the late Tony Gregory.

    Nay to naming it after a politician


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    #50
    admiralofthefleet
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    Bambi wrote: »
    Royston is worth remembering

    for being an embarrassment


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    #51
    admiralofthefleet
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    actually, how about naming it after the homeless lad that died recently


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    #52
    latenia
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    ProudDUB wrote: »
    No argument from me there. Probably did more to improve the lives of the people who actually live in the area that the bridge is in, than any other person, living or dead.

    Absolutely. When Tony Gregory first became a TD the north inner city was a slum blighted by heroin, unemployment and generational deprivation; by the time of his death it was...oh wait a minute. Well he did get them a couple of community centres and taught the locals that sticking your hand out and demanding stuff from the government was the best way to improve their lot. The man was an urban gombeen fraudster in the very worst Irish tradition.


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    #53
    GRMA
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    Name it after one of the women in Irish history.

    Does Anne Devlin, Robert Emmets loyal servant who didn't give him up despite horrible torture of her and her family (I think at least one died in jail) have anything named after her?

    She is also to thank for a lot of the history we have about that time, she survived and was interviewed by Dr Madden later on.

    What about Constance Markavitch? (I mangled that spelling).

    I'd also like to see it named after John Mitchell, an under appreciated patriot IMO.

    Or let's just call it the Citizen Army bridge.


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    #54
    GRMA
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    latenia wrote: »

    Absolutely. When Tony Gregory first became a TD the north inner city was a slum blighted by heroin, unemployment and generational deprivation; by the time of his death it was...oh wait a minute. Well he did get them a couple of community centres and taught the locals that sticking your hand out and demanding stuff from the government was the best way to improve their lot. The man was an urban gombeen fraudster in the very worst Irish tradition.
    I take it you didn't know the man.


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    #55
    Toshi101
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    The Irish Rugby Teams Carrer


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    #56
    NegativeCreep
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    Do people actually care about who the bridge is named after? Why does it have to be named after anyone? It's not like naming the bridge after someone will keep them in peoples memories. I don't know half the people that have bridges named after them in Dublin and I don't know half the people that have been named in this thread and naming the bridge after them is not going to make me care about what that person did when they were alive. A load of fuss for nothing.


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    #57
    Toshi101
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    The Derek Zoolander bridge for people who can't swim good


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    #58
    Amirani
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    Bertie Ahern Peace Bridge.


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    #59
    dreamers75
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    Daniel Day Luas bridge.


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    #60
    errlloyd
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    I honestly wish it was just called the marlborough street bridge.


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    #61
    jippo nolan
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    RATM wrote: »
    Dublin City Council are currently accepting submissions to name the new bridge at Marlboroough Street which is due to open to buses in Autumn and eventually the Luas link-up.

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0322/377906-dublin-bridge-name/

    So who would you name the new bridge after ? DCC have stated that they wish for the person to be deceased for at least 20 years. That aside I would have said Ronnie Drew. But Luke Kelly is an equally valid choice.

    Dermot Morgan is only deceased 15 years but I think he is another person who is well deserving of the bridge being named after him.

    Submissions can be made to DCC by writing or emailing- Cllr Dermot Lacey c/o Culture, Recreation and Amenity Department, Civic Offices, Dublin 8 or email cra@dublincity.ie.
    Mickser Reid bridge!


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