Who would you call the new Liffey Bridge after ?

Peregrine

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Drove past this today, nowhere near finished they have been working on this thing forever, what's the delay?

Well..what's the rush?

It's supposed to be finished before Autumn I think

Peregrine

The shortlist has been reduced from 17 to 10.

Abbey Theatre Bridge (named after nearby national theatre)

Willie Bermingham (fireman, founder of ALONE)

James Connolly (republican and socialist leader)

Frank Duff (founder of Legion of Mary)

Rosie Hackett (founding member of Irish Women Workers’ Union)

Kay Mills (Camogie player, winner of unprecedented 15 All-Ireland medals with Dublin)

George Sigerson (scientist, leader of literary revival)

Bram Stoker (author, best known for ‘Dracula’)

Ernest Walton (physicist and Nobel laureate, first man to split the atom)

W.B. Yeats (poet, Nobel laureate and former Senator)

http://www.thejournal.ie/10-names-dublin-luas-bridge-948691-Jun2013/

I seriously hope they don't name it Abbey Theatre Bridge, that's just an awful name. And since Hamilton never made the shortlist, I hope they pick Walton. I believe he got the most nominations too.

The names dropped were Tony Gregory, James Plunkett, Jonathan Swift, Lady Gregory, Oscar Wilde, Patriots Bridge and ‘Returned Home’ Bridge :pac:

alphamule

johnny forty coats

charlemont

Personally I'd like it to be James Connolly Bridge but I reckon Bram Stoker would be a very popular choice. I'd have no problem with Ernest Walton but I think his name would be more suited for a university or research facility in line with his achievements.

RealExpert

Luke "Ming" Flanagan
EDIT: Then hang a sign on either end of it saying "Do not cross me"

Peregrine

charlemont wrote: »

I'd have no problem with Ernest Walton but I think his name would be more suited for a university or research facility in line with his achievements.

You do have a point but there really aren't any more of those left to name in Dublin. I actually think there's a few bits an pieces named after him In Trinity and Cambridge but that doesn't give him the recognition he deserved. Ernest Walton's achievement was massive and he's Ireland's only Nobel prize winner for Science but yet he's virtually unknown to the people of Ireland. We don't even have a stamp after this man!

It's time for him to get a bridge in Dublin to make up for everything, I say

Amirani

Any of the last 4 would be my preference, I'd be quite disappointed with any of the others.

[Jackass]

As it goes by the Abbey Theater and he died recently and was a fine Irish stage actor, I would call the bridge after T.P. McKenna

FloatingVoter

[Jackass] wrote: »

As it goes by the Abbey Theater and he died recently and was a fine Irish stage actor, I would call the bridge after T.P. McKenna

The person in question has to be dead for 20 years - Noel Purcell, Ray McAnally or Siobhan McKenna bridge would all fit the bill.

Aard

I'd go for Walton too; we're very good at commemorating our writers but not our scientists. I'd be disappointed if it was named after Bram Stoker - he already has a park named after him in Marino. Also I thonk James Connolly should be ruled out - having O'Connell Bridge and Connolly Bridge right beside each other could be confusing, as well as tourists potentially thinking that Connolly Bridge was beside Connolly Station...

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Willie bermingham for all the work he did for old people giving them housing they needed when the government forgot about them. he was also a firefighter.

Sideshow Mark

Down to the final five now

Willie Bermingham, founder of the Alone charity
Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary
Rosie Hackett, an Irish Citizen Army activist
Kay Mills, camogie player
Bram Stoker, novelist.

Hope they go for Bram Stoker.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0710/461692-liffey-bridge/

I am pie

Did that lad Constant Markiewiecz not get a look in?

Peregrine

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

Down to the final five now

Willie Bermingham, founder of the Alone charity
Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary
Rosie Hackett, an Irish Citizen Army activist
Kay Mills, camogie player
Bram Stoker, novelist.

Hope they go for Bram Stoker.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0710/461692-liffey-bridge/

You've got to be kidding me..

No Walton?? After receiving the most petitions?

So splitting the atom isn't as good a contribution than setting up the Legion of Mary then I guess :mad:

spurious

Go away with your old science and things. :cool:

He wouldn't have been my first choice, but out of those I'd like it to be named after Willie Birmingham. If I was betting however, my money would be on Bram Stoker.

Peregrine

spurious wrote: »

Go away with your old science and things. :cool:

He wouldn't have been my first choice, but out of those I'd like it to be named after Willie Birmingham. If I was betting however, my money would be on Bram Stoker.

Ah now spurious, I usually agree with everything you say but this..:p


I didn't want it to come to this but I think Bram Stoker is the best candidate remaining

January

Rosie Hackett Bridge

http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-city-marlborough-street-bridge-1065818-Sep2013/?utm_source=facebook_short

P_1

Isn't that the first Liffey Bridge to be named for a woman?

Zaph

Seriously? Who the fcuk is Rosie Hackett? I demand that a bridge be named after me!

On the plus side, it wasn't named after the founder of the Legion of Mary.

Peregrine

January wrote: »

Rosie Hackett Bridge

http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-city-marlborough-street-bridge-1065818-Sep2013/?utm_source=facebook_short

'The Luas Bridge' it is.

Blisterman

Bram Stoker would have been my choice, both in keeping with the trend of naming bridges after writers, and because as far as I'm aware, despite inventing one of the world's best known characters, he has nothing in the city named after him.

Morag

P_1 wrote: »

Isn't that the first Liffey Bridge to be named for a woman?

Yes it is.

Zaph wrote: »

Seriously? Who the fcuk is Rosie Hackett? I demand that a bridge be named after me!

On the plus side, it wasn't named after the founder of the Legion of Mary.

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Rosie-Hackett-trade-unionist-and-Easter-Rising-fighter-shortlisted-for-Dublins-new-bridge-208811251.html

http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/rosie-hackett-marlborough-street-bridge-1049239-Aug2013/

Zaph

Morag wrote: »

http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/Rosie-Hackett-trade-unionist-and-Easter-Rising-fighter-shortlisted-for-Dublins-new-bridge-208811251.html

http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/rosie-hackett-marlborough-street-bridge-1049239-Aug2013/

Yeah, I know, but seriously who the fcuk is she? The vast majority of people have never heard of her, or the other woman who came second in the vote. If they wanted to name it after a woman why not Constance Markievicz or Maud Gonne or Lady Gregory, or basically someone who people have actually heard of?

Lapin

P_1 wrote: »

Isn't that the first Liffey Bridge to be named for a woman?

Morag wrote: »

Yes it is.

Not quite.

Island Bridge was originally named Sarah Bridge after the wife of John Fane. Lord Lieutenant here at the time it was built.

Morag

Zaph wrote: »

Yeah, I know, but seriously who the fcuk is she? The vast majority of people have never heard of her, or the other woman who came second in the vote. If they wanted to name it after a woman why not Constance Markievicz or Maud Gonne or Lady Gregory, or basically someone who people have actually heard of?

Cos it's nice to have it named after a working class women and not one of the ango gentry and part of the point is that she was written out of the history and her contribution forgotten about.

Capri86

Seamus Heany bridge would be nice

Capri86

Seamus Heany bridge would be nice

Tombo2001

should have called it the maeve binchy bridge.....universally popular, and tourists would love it. council has missed a big opportunity.

with respect, who is rosie Hackett.....or anyone else that was on the list....

smellmepower

Pity Bermingham didn't get it.

vicwatson

Rosie Hackett me bolli* should have been Bram Stoker.