Timeline

• 1906

  Samuel Barclay Beckett is born on Good Friday, April 13th.

• 1913

  The Lockout fails to improve conditions of Dublin’s poor.

• 1928

  Samuel Beckett leaves for Paris.

• 1930

  Beckett’s poem, ‘Whoroscope’, wins a small literary prize of £10.

• 1969

  The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Beckett.

• 1989

  Beckett dies in Paris, on December 22nd.

• 1999

  Santiago Calatrava is appointed to design a signature bridge for the Docklands.

• 2000

  The Environmental Impact Statement concludes that wildlife in the area will not be adversely affected by the bridge.

• 2006

  Samuel Beckett Bridge becomes the official name of the bridge.

• 2007
  

  April, 30, work begins on site.

• 2009
  

  May, 3rd, the superstructure leaves Rotterdam.

• 2009
  

  December 10th, The Samuel Beckett Bridge opens to public.