Ringsend Bridge (River Dodder)

Ringsend Bridge (River Dodder)

Until 1812, Ringsend’s fishing community relied on hazardous crossings of the Dodder until successive bridges—repeatedly destroyed by floods—culminated in the 1812 granite elliptical-arch bridge, while an ambitious 1813 wooden portcullis bridge scheme across the...
The Halpin Family: Lighthouse Builders, Port Engineers, Pioneers

The Halpin Family: Lighthouse Builders, Port Engineers, Pioneers

A dynasty whose bloodlines interlink across multiple generations from their origins in the Huguenot stronghold of Portarlington, County Laois, to Wicklow, the Dublin Docklands, Meath and the distant lands of the USA and Australia. George Halpin, the ‘Founding Father’...