Timeline

• 1813

  Isaac Butt, ‘Father of Home Rule’, is born in Glenfin, County Donegal.

• 1829

  The Catholic Emancipation Act is passed following a peaceful campaign.

• 1845

  The Great Famine follows the failure of the potato crop.

• 1848

  Europe erupts in rebellion. In Ireland the young Irelanders nationalist rebellion fails.

• 1849

  Joseph Monier, a Parisian gardener, becomes one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete.

• 1870

  Isaac Butt founds the Home Rule Association.

• 1879
  

  Isaac Butt dies and the Liffey’s most easterly road bridge is opened in his name.

• 1881

  Seven year old Martin Hanbury drowns having fallen into the Liffey from Butt Bridge.

• 1885

  The Tara Street Public Baths open, providing penny baths for the poor.

• 1930

  Construction of the new Butt Bridge begins.

• 1932

  The new Butt Bridge opens in time for the Eucharistic Congress.

• 1978

  Butt Bridge loses its status as the Liffey’s most easterly road bridge when the Talbot Memorial Bridge opens.