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16/05/2013
Name Shortlist For New Bridge Released
A shortlist of names for Dublin city’s newest bridge has been release by Dublin City Council ahead of a review by the next meeting of the naming committee on 12 June.
RTÉ published the list of 17 names, shortlisted from 85 official nominations for the bridge at Marlborough Street.
The names are:
• Abbey Theatre Bridge
• Willie Bermingham
• James Connolly
• Frank Duff
• Lady Gregory
• Tony Gregory
• Rosie Hackett
• Kay Mills
• James Plunkett
• George Sigerson
• Bram Stoker
• Jonathan Swift
• The Patriots Bridge
• The Returned Home
• Ernest Walton
• Oscar Wilde
• W B Yeats
(MH/CD)
RTÉ published the list of 17 names, shortlisted from 85 official nominations for the bridge at Marlborough Street.
The names are:
• Abbey Theatre Bridge
• Willie Bermingham
• James Connolly
• Frank Duff
• Lady Gregory
• Tony Gregory
• Rosie Hackett
• Kay Mills
• James Plunkett
• George Sigerson
• Bram Stoker
• Jonathan Swift
• The Patriots Bridge
• The Returned Home
• Ernest Walton
• Oscar Wilde
• W B Yeats
(MH/CD)
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