Timeline

• 1844

  The River Liffey takes a new, straightened, course between King’s Bridge and Barrack Bridge.

• 1905

  Frank Sherwin is born in Dublin.

• 1916

  The Easter Rising tears Dublin apart, 10 year old Sherwin is an eye witness.

• 1922

  Sherwin, fighting on the anti-treaty side in the Civil War, is interned in the Curragh Camp.

• 1924

  Curragh prisoners, including Sherwin, are released.

• 1957

  Sherwin is elected as an independent to Dáil Éireann in a by election.

• 1965

  Sherwin fails to get re-elected to the Dáil in a crowded field in Dublin North Central.

• 1977

  Dublin Corporation’s General Purposes Committee approves plans for new bridge near King’s Bridge. Click to view RTE’s report.

• 1980

  Dublin Corporation decides to limit traffic loads on Seán Heuston Bridge. Construction starts on the Frank Sherwin Bridge.

• 1981

  Frank Sherwin dies.

• 1982
  

  The Frank Sherwin Bridge opens to the public.