dublin city in the rare auld times...

dublin city in the rare auld times is a song well associated with dublin and the changes of a city...well i for one think these times are rare auld times indeed for many reasons...and while indeed today, dublin keeps on changing and nothing seems the same...i'm so happy to see some of the changes that stamp a new mark on our city scape...

this week has been an eventful week on the river Liffey...

while high winds at the beginning of the week hampered attempts to move the new Samuel beckett Brdige up the Liffey, after its arrival from Rotterdam, it wasnt until thursday that the bridge made its way to Sir John Rogersons Quay...

at 120m long and 48m high, the Samuel Beckett bridge will link Sir John Rogersons Quay on the south side with the North Wall Quay on the north side...

dublin's newest bridge was designed by Santiago Calatrava, this is in fact his 2nd bridge in dublin following the James Joyce bridge, opened in 2003...

at a cost of approx €60million, the new bridge will facilitate maritime traffic with the ability to rotate through an angle of 90 degrees...

''The design evokes the image of the Irish harp lying on its side.The bridge is expected to open to traffic in early 2010 following a series of commissioning works.After it travels through the Eastlink Bridge, it will be moored on a pontoon alongside the south quayside for the next few weeks before being placed on its supporting pier in the river.Dublin city engineer Michael Phillips said the bridge was a stunning piece of design and engineering.''

the irish times

lets wait and see how this feat of contemporary architecture settles into a city best known for its georgian past...