Timeline

• 1350

  The first mention of bridge on road to the west.

• 1654

  No bridge is shown on the Down Survey Map but ford annotated.

• 1660s

  A new bridge built by Dodson, a contractor, for the Duke of Ormonde.

• 1730s

  The road from Dublin to Chapelizod became Turnpike Road and bridge probably widened.

• 1753

  Chapelizod Bridge rebuilt.

• 1856

  Records from this year note the bridge is ‘superceded’ since the closure of the barracks.

• 1939

  Finnegan’s Wake, in which Chapelizod and Anna Livia are mentioned, is published.

• 1980s

  Major grouting work carried out on bridge.

• 1982
  

  The bridge is renamed Anna Livia to commemorate the centenary of James Joyce (1882 – 1931).

• 1990
  

  The bridge is refurbished and strengthened.

• 2011

  Footpaths are cantilevered onto the bridge by Dublin County Council.