New Dublin bridge name shortlist revealed

becost

Bram Stoker is the only one I've ever heard of so he gets my vote but that's still a crap name for a bridge.

N64

Could you at least provide a link? I presume you mean this one?
http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0710/461708-dublin-bridge-name-shortlist-revealed/

Richard Hillman

Bram Stoker would be pretty cool.

Ihatecuddles-old

Hackett bridge sounds alright.

oldyouth

Willie Bermingham deserves some form of recognigition. Forming the Alone organisation, as a result of his experiences as a Dublin fireman, had a profound impact on me when I was a young adult and I support it to this day.

losthorizon

becost wrote: »

Bram Stoker is the only one I've ever heard of so he gets my vote but that's still a crap name for a bridge.

"It's still a crap name"! Call it Bram Stoker and every Dubliner would feel like they have a stake in that new bridge.

stefan idiot jones

I think the new bridge should be called ' Job '.

Celly Smunt

Nothing can top Bertie Bridge.

Ruudi_Mentari

What happened to brush sheils, he's short enough

Ruudi_Mentari

The bridge needs to at least resemble something the person is famed for, albeit in an abstract way and in my view it mostly resembles maybe a hockey stick or a big fang.

AlmightyCushion

I can't believe they removed Ernest Walton from the list. Easily one of our countries finest minds. The only Irish person to date who has received a Nobel prize in science. The first person to split the atom (along with John Cockcroft of course), verifying Einstein's E=mc2 (He was personally thanked by Einstein for it too). Pretty much ground breaking physics right there. We should be trying to promote science and our scientific heritage (which is a lot better than most realise) but we pretty much look over the impressive scientific discoveries Irish people have made instead of celebrating and building on them. Pity, Walton didn't write a poem or sing a nice song, maybe he'd get a bit more recognition then.

endacl

Just voted for Bram. He's the only one who invented a modern cultural phenomenon. With the added bonus of not having founded the Legion of Jebusmammy. A modern cultural anachronism.

Karl Stein

'The O'Carroll Bridge'

After comedian and all round quintessential Dubliner Brendan O'Carroll.

endacl

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

'The O'Carroll Bridge'

After comedian and all round quintessential dubliner Brendan O'Carroll.

A short, annoying, uninspired, and derivative bridge?!?

biko

Being dublin it's probably more important what the witty nickname will be.

Karl Stein

endacl wrote: »

A short, annoying, uninspired, and derivative bridge?!?

A don't be a begrudgerigar.

endacl

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

A don't be a begrudgerigar.

I readily concede to you sir. And in no small part due to your ingenious coining of the word 'begrudgerigar'!

GLaDOS

Bram Stoker would be my pick from that list I suppose. Agree with the earlier post regarding Walton though.

The_Mask

oldyouth wrote: »

Willie Bermingham deserves some form of recognigition. Forming the Alone organisation, as a result of his experiences as a Dublin fireman, had a profound impact on me when I was a young adult and I support it to this day.

Alone was the very first charity i ever heard of, remember thinking why would people spend their lives helping others but i was only 8 or 9 so i was pretty clueless about life. I feel Willie Birmingham has done more for the people of Dublin than anyone else on the list so it would be nice for him to be recognised for his work

Peregrine

If I had it my way, I'd name it after Ernest Walton - the Nobel prize winner for splitting the atom or William Rowan Hamilton - mathematician who invented quaternions(think 3D graphics)


But seeing as they're both clearly not as worthy as Frank Duff and the like for DCC...I'd have to go with Bram Stoker

biko wrote: »

Being dublin it's probably more important what the witty nickname will be.

Hey we are very proud in our unique nick names like Stiffey by the Liffey, Pie in the Sky and Floozie in the Jacuzzi!

endacl

The eternal undead life giver over the river?

The_Mask

The Syringe on O Connell Street

rolliepoley

Can you imagine what people would be saying if it was called the Willie Bermingham bridge, "lets go for a walk over the willie",

:pac:

The_Mask

Imagine breaking down on the Willie

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I like the Abbey Theater bridge (even though it's not beside the bridge) - who says it has to be named after a person?

Peregrine

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I like the Abbey Theater bridge (even though it's not beside the bridge) - who says it has to be named after a person?

Nobody said it has to be named after a person (Except maybe DCC in the beginning)


It's just that..

Abbey Theatre Bridge is a shíte name I can't understand why 2,300 people signed that petition

Knowing the worrying trend of naming landmarks after business/corporations/companies (Bord Gais Energy Theatre, the O2, the Aviva Stadium, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if they call it the Starbucks Bridge.

Sky King

Can we not just give it a nice personal name, like Noel?

AlmightyCushion

Deleted User wrote: »

Knowing the worrying trend of naming landmarks after business/corporations/companies (Bord Gais Energy Theatre, the O2, the Aviva Stadium, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if they call it the Starbucks Bridge.

In fairness, those companies paid big money to get them renamed. I don't think that's as likely to happen with something like a bridge as opposed to a venue but if it did it would me a few quid for the state.

Bajingo

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Hackett bridge sounds alright.

Rosie Hackett Bridge does have the best ring to it out of all of those names short listed. She sounds like she was a bit of a bad ass too.

Sparticle

It would have been amazing if they had designed the bridge to look like a CW multiplier from above and then called it the Ernest Walton bridge.

Heathen

If its a tie between the first and last choice can we just agree to call it "Willie Stroker" bridge?

Dostoevsky

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Abbey Theatre Bridge is a shíte name I can't understand why 2,300 people signed that petition

Not to worry, the 'Abbo' will join the Fluzzie in the Jacuzzi and the Daniel Day as part of Dublin's voco soon enough.

I like the idea of naming it after an idea or cultural institution rather than a person.

Frank Duff is on it because, unlike Walton, he was a Dub. The Legion had a massive impact in this city, for good or bad. One of its moral crusades inspired Hodnett's great 'Monto' about Dublin's Red Light District (Montgomery Street, now called Foley Street off Amiens Street), which most of us know via The Dubliners version.

In addition to all of that there are thousands of Legion of Mary members in Dublin who probably signed something or other for it. It's not the sort of thing DCC can ignore. He almost certainly won't get it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wny_0pi4hR4

Dostoevsky

It would be nice if one of the women got it, if only as a sweet irony up the river from Frank Sherwin Bridge.

It was Frank Sherwin who in 1958 said in the Dáil about a proposal to allow women join the Garda Síochána: "while recruits should not be actually horse faced, they should not be too good looking. They should be just plain women and not targets for marriage".

He'd probably approve of Hackett, as would I.

super_furry

Rosie Hackett for me as there are no bridges named after women in Dublin.

Thwip!

Stoker for me. He's not nearly appreciated enough

Frosty McSnowballs

The Twink Memorial Bridge

endacl

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

The Twink Memorial Bridge

Designed like a zip?

cranks

Go over Stoker............

I like the ring of it already

endacl

cranks wrote: »

Go over Stoker............

............. on the way to Croker!

There's a new line for Monto right there!

Peregrine

Dostoevsky wrote: »

Frank Duff is on it because, unlike Walton, he was a Dub.

True but Walton went to university in Trinity College and taught there for many decades up until his retirement, he even presented his Nobel medal to the college! That's Dub enough for me.

wretcheddomain

I think they should call it 'A Game of...'

AlmightyCushion

wretcheddomain wrote: »

I think they should call it 'A Game of...'

A game of bridges? That sounds awful.

endacl

In fairness, it'll be no time before its called 'the bridge... no ... not that one .... the next one down from whatchamacallit?!? Yeah! That's the one'.

gurramok

No matter whats decided, it will be called the Marlborough St bridge by the regulars or if it looks kinda weird, it will generate a local name *insert you know what da boardwalks regulars will call it*!!

The Spike comes to mind on this! Who still calls it the Spire? :rolleyes:

endacl

gurramok wrote: »

No matter whats decided, it will be called the Marlborough St bridge by the regulars or if it looks kinda weird, it will generate a local name *insert you know what da boardwalks regulars will call it*!!

The Spike comes to mind on this! Who still calls it the Spire? :rolleyes:

The 'Spike'? Do you mean the 'Brick with the Prick'?

suicide_circus

should name it after this guy

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Bilda

endacl

suicide_circus wrote: »

should name it after this guy

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Bilda

G'wan so....?

For why?

suicide_circus

Dick Bilda Bridge.....

Jimoslimos

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I can't believe they removed Ernest Walton from the list. Easily one of our countries finest minds. The only Irish person to date who has received a Nobel prize in science. The first person to split the atom (along with John Cockcroft of course), verifying Einstein's E=mc2 (He was personally thanked by Einstein for it too). Pretty much ground breaking physics right there. We should be trying to promote science and our scientific heritage (which is a lot better than most realise) but we pretty much look over the impressive scientific discoveries Irish people have made instead of celebrating and building on them. Pity, Walton didn't write a poem or sing a nice song, maybe he'd get a bit more recognition then.

Wishful thinking but perhaps they have something grander in mind to apply Walton's name to...hopefully.

April O Neill

Bram Stoker Bridge would be lovely. Nice ring to it. :cool: And c'mon, Dracula is a huge deal!