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O’Connel Street is the main street in Dublin. It is named after Daniel O’Connell (b. 1775 - d 1847), who is known as “the Liberator” for his work in liberating the Roman Catholics in Ireland. At the end of O’Connell St., near the O’Connell St Bridge, is a monument to O’Connell. Today O’Connell St is one of the busiest streets in Dublin, Ireland. The O’Connell Bridge in central Dublin, which spans the River Liffey just north of Trinity College, was designed and built by James Gandon around 1794. It was originally named after the then Viceroy, Lord Carlisle. After the unveiling of a statue in his honour, the bridge was renamed after Daniel O’Connell, first catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin, in approximately 1882.

The bridge was widened around 1880 making it almost square, even though Gandon originally designed obelisks and plinths for the four corners. More recently however, the lamps that graced the central island have been restored to their five lantern glory. Overlooking the River Liffey, it’s new Boardwalk and Ha’Penny Bridge this high speed WWL Broadband connection will show Dublin in “Real Time”. O’Connell Bridge (and Street) - one of the widest in Europe, very busy all the time, with lots of hotels, restaurants, shops, and… cinemas! Just a bit further away there’s a SAVOY cinema (watched Harry Potter and Lords Of The Ring there). Give her ten years and let’s see how she trasnforms. This photo is taken looking south down O’Connell. Just to the right of the spire is the Old Post Office, just to the left if you have good eyes is. The bridge is the famous Ha’penny Bridge. Less honest tourist guides will tell you that this is the price merchants were charged to cross the footbridge. However, the truth is that a half penny was the going rate to have someone’s throat cut, and this was a favourite point to dispose of the body.
From the bridge you might also see the replica “famine ship” Jeanie Johnston lying at berth in the redeveloped Dublin Docklands to the right. Have a closer look if you like, then head back westwards (or upstream) along the quays, passing Custom House until you come to the Liberty Hall (the Trade Union Headquarters) and turn right. Tucked away under the railway overpass and facing Liberty Hall is a memorial to James Connolly, the Irish-American socialist who fought and died with his small Irish Citizen Army in 1916.