Timeline

• 1856

  Matt Talbot is born in the tenements of North Strand, Dublin.

• 1863

  City Quay Church opens to serve the dockland workers and seafarers.

• 1879

  Butt Bridge opens, Dublin will not get another new build bridge until the Talbot Memorial.

• 1884
  

  Matt Talbot pledges not to drink alcohol and turns to God.

• c1885

  The deep water Alexandra Basin opens, taking the shipping business away from the Liffey.

• 1925

  Matt Talbot dies on a Dublin Street.

• 1926

  ‘Life of Matt Talbot, a Dublin Labourer’ becomes an inspirational, worldwide bestseller.

• 1940

  On February 7th, the Munster was the first Irish ship to be sunk in World War ll.

• 1945

  On May 2nd, three crew members of the Naomh Garbhan die when a mine, picked up in fishing nets, explodes - the last Irish marine casualties of World War ll.

• 1975

  Oct 3rd, Pope Paul Vl declares Matt Talbot ‘Venerable’, a first step to sainthood.

• 1976
  

  April, work commences on the Talbot Memorial Bridge.

• 1978

  February 14, The Talbot Memorial Bridge opens.