Whistling Bridge

LB6

Seems our Whistling bridge, aka Shannon Bridge has just now had a new name change again. It's now called JFK bridge. More money wasted. I didn't hear anybody complain about the name. JFK won't care. Honest to god - why do they do these stupid things. Be more in their line if they put their time and energy and our money towards things like the "Blood Bike Mid West" initiative.

MarkR

How much is it going to cost to rename? Maybe a new plaque?

12 element

LB6 wrote: »

More money wasted.

How much did it cost?

betonit

outside of the cost i think people just come up with an idea that will justify their jobs for a year or so.. ie im working on the renaming of the shannon bridge for the next 18 months. Someone else might come up with swapping everyone on the 3rd floor with everyone on the 2nd floor etc.

Cookiemunster

betonit wrote: »

outside of the cost i think people just come up with an idea that will justify their jobs for a year or so.. ie im working on the renaming of the shannon bridge for the next 18 months. Someone else might come up with swapping everyone on the 3rd floor with everyone on the 2nd floor etc.

Nothing to do with justifying jobs for civil servants. It purely down to idiot councillors. Cllr Pat Kennedy proposed it and 6 other idiot councillors voted with him to change the name. This is despite asking for public opinion, which was generally against the idea.
They're also renaming the square in front of the court house / city hall Brian Boru Square.

betonit

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Nothing to do with justifying jobs for civil servants. It purely down to idiot councillors. Cllr Pat Kennedy proposed it and 6 other idiot councillors voted with him to change the name. This is despite asking for public opinion, which was generally against the idea.
They're also renaming the square in front of the court house / city hall Brian Boru Square.

totally agres...what i mean is people doin things for the sake of it justifying thier positions as in theyre getting things done how ever menaingless

jbkenn

Proposed by Cllr Patrick Kennedy

Cllr Kennedy had argued that JFK had close ancestral ties with Limerick, was a Freeman of Limerick and also visited the city during his 1963 trip to Ireland.

Enough said.

steveon

jbkenn wrote: »

Proposed by Cllr Patrick Kennedy

Enough said.

His ancestral ties are to Bruff aren't they? nothing to do with the city, we already have JFK school so don't see why we need the bridge which has nothing to do with JFK to be named after him, its a truly pointless exercise.

CatFromHue

How long will it be before everything and one is called JFK?

betonit

maybe we could call the new universal health scheme obamacare..

daveob007

should be called sean south after our own local hero,the other one is called after patrick sarsfield. was jfk even from limerick???? keep it local..

steveon

daveob007 wrote: »

should be called sean south after our own local hero,the other one is called after patrick sarsfield. was jfk even from limerick???? keep it local..

His ancestors were from the Bruff area I think

jbkenn

daveob007 wrote: »

should be called sean south after our own local hero,the other one is called after patrick sarsfield. was jfk even from limerick???? keep it local..

Local hero?, you are joking?

Berty

Still the new bridge to me.

relaxed

God the Yanks must think we are a right dumb shower when they come over here, imagine every major city in America doing something equally daft like having a St. Patricks day parade....

banie01

Beer Baron wrote: »

Still the new bridge to me.

+1, me too!
But just out of curiosity?
Was this not ''named'' as the Condell bridge some years ago?(and a quick google of ''condell bridge'' brings it up as top result)
I know the road was, but I was fairly sure the bridge was too.

testicle

daveob007 wrote: »

should be called sean south after our own local hero,the other one is called after patrick sarsfield. was jfk even from limerick???? keep it local..

Err what? Sean South was a terrorist, not a hero...

relaxed

testicle wrote: »

Err what? Sean South was a terrorist, not a hero...

It all depends on your interpretation of history, there are people who consider JFK, Blair, Bush, Pat Rabbitte etc. to be terrorists.

Plenty of places in Limerick and across the country named after terrorists anyway.

ZomB13 F1Sh

De Valera bridge has a nice ring to it after all he was raised here and actually did things for ireland. But god forbid we have any pride well just keep flying stupid flags on the bridges anyway but you won't see a tri colour.

Kess73

ZomB13 F1Sh wrote: »

De Valera bridge has a nice ring to it after all he was raised here and actually did things for ireland. But god forbid we have any pride well just keep flying stupid flags on the bridges anyway but you won't see a tri colour.

Would sooner have had it called Harris bridge than De Valera bridge tbh.


Really don't see why it actually needed a name change though. The name it had was fine, and seems pointless to have changed that name.

No doubt some idiot councillor will claim that it will now become a massive tourist attraction due to the namechange.

131spanner

Will always be the Shannon Bridge when I think of it. They'll be renaming the skate-park beside it next

James McNulty

131spanner wrote: »

Will always be the Shannon Bridge when I think of it. They'll be renaming the skate-park beside it next

The "Willie O'Dea Memorial Skate Park for Youngsters Who Don't Skate Too Good"

Exile on Grafton St.

Kess73 wrote: »

Would sooner have had it called Harris bridge than De Valera bridge tbh.


Really don't see why it actually needed a name change though. The name it had was fine, and seems pointless to have changed that name.

No doubt some idiot councillor will claim that it will now become a massive tourist attraction due to the namechange.

Didn't take long for that to happen (from the Limerick Leader):

“I’m delighted. I would like to thank the people of Limerick for their support. JFK was the first American president to visit Ireland during his term of office. It has great implications for the tourism business, and there’s a huge amount of potential there,” he said.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/row-erupts-in-limerick-over-renaming-of-bridge-after-jfk-1-5901665

jbkenn

Ciir Patrick Kennedy
This is the same guy who could'nt remember that the car he was claiming mileage expenses for, was actually off the road...

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/exsenator-repaid-1700-after-expenses-questioned-26778313.html

Kess73, don't edit my posts

jbkenn

panda100

Exile on Grafton St. wrote: »

Didn't take long for that to happen (from the Limerick Leader):

“I’m delighted. I would like to thank the people of Limerick for their support. JFK was the first American president to visit Ireland during his term of office. It has great implications for the tourism business, and there’s a huge amount of potential there,” he said.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/row-erupts-in-limerick-over-renaming-of-bridge-after-jfk-1-5901665

What out Golden Gate Bridge,you have competition!

What a whole pile of crap. I really do despair for the quality of our elected officials in Limerick.

squonk

panda100 wrote: »

What out Golden Gate Bridge,you have competition!

What a whole pile of crap. I really do despair for the quality of our elected officials in Limerick.

I think that's true outside of Limerick as well. Sadly Frank Hall's Ballymagash Council is still alive and well 40 years on

testicle

relaxed wrote: »

It all depends on your interpretation of history, there are people who consider JFK, Blair, Bush, Pat Rabbitte etc. to be terrorists.

Plenty of places in Limerick and across the country named after terrorists anyway.

Ah, but that was during the war of independence. Sean South wasn't even born during the war of independence...

He was killed by the RUC during an IRA raid on their station in Fermanagh.

daveob007

testicle wrote: »

Err what? Sean South was a terrorist, not a hero...

was james connolly and padraic pearse also what you call terrorists,,at least these men got off their backsides to do something................sean south was a hero............ or how about some great limerick sportsman/woman.

daveob007

testicle wrote: »

Ah, but that was during the war of independence. Sean South wasn't even born during the war of independence...

He was killed by the RUC during an IRA raid on their station in Fermanagh.

you could say he was killed by ruc terrorists while fighting to rid our country of a foreign race.

Insect Overlord

daveob007 wrote: »

you could say he was killed by ruc terrorists while fighting to rid our country of a foreign race.

A foreign race? LOL.

SamAK

The Rubberbandits got it right with this suggestion -

"On the Shannon Bridge there should be a plaque reading ‘Dr William Brooke O’Shaughnessy Bridge’ with a picture of a hash leaf on the plaque. Also, through clever acoustic engineering of the bridges railings we could get it to whistle out the opening melody of ‘Kingston Town‘ by UB40 whenever there’s a strong breeze. This would also pay homage to the bridge’s former folk name of “the singing bridge”.


http://www.limerickpost.ie/2014/02/07/rubberbandits-whistle-ub40-tunes-on-city-bridge/

daveob007

why dont they just leave it alone or to stop the political bickering here call it the peace bridge.................also they should remove the mesh that stopped it whistling,that was a great attraction.

daveob007

An File wrote: »

A foreign race? LOL.

LOL nothing thats the way the ruc british army were and are still seen by many.

relaxed

testicle wrote: »

Ah, but that was during the war of independence. Sean South wasn't even born during the war of independence...

He was killed by the RUC during an IRA raid on their station in Fermanagh.

So who decides which category of terrorist is noble enough to have a bridge or place named after them?

Insect Overlord

relaxed wrote: »

So who decides which category of terrorist is noble enough to have a bridge or place named after them?

History is written by the winners. In this case, the lads who got voted onto the council...

Beaver1

it seem a lot of people dont what it named the jfk bridge, any chance the city Councillors will listen, I dont think so, it could be their downfall at the doors come the local elections.

Berty

Beaver1 wrote: »

it seem a lot of people dont what it named the jfk bridge, any chance the city Councillors will listen, I dont think so, it could be their downfall at the doors come the local elections.

If they hear you complain they will put loads of traffic lights on it.

daveob007

the name terrorist can be used to describe many people,bush,thatcher,south,regan etc etc it depends who you concider to be one.....sean south was not a terrorist in my opinion and is deserving of his city paying tribute to him.
funny thing is that many of those who call him a terrorist will have at one time sang the song about him in some pub somewhere in a drunken state.
Barstool republicans is a name used for those people.

anyway lets get back to the topic of the thread,,naming or renaming the bridge
leave it as is or name it after some limerick champion or character.
how about the do do reddan bridge or as i suggested before the peace bridge.

cnoc

daveob007 wrote: »

the name terrorist can be used to describe many people,bush,thatcher,south,regan etc etc it depends who you concider to be one.....sean south was not a terrorist in my opinion and is deserving of his city paying tribute to him.
funny thing is that many of those who call him a terrorist will have at one time sang the song about him in some pub somewhere in a drunken state.
Barstool republicans is a name used for those people.

anyway lets get back to the topic of the thread,,naming or renaming the bridge
leave it as is or name it after some limerick champion or character.
how about the do do reddan bridge or as i suggested before the peace bridge.

Seán South would be a great name for the bridge. Give those Councillors their answer on the door steps.

Poxyshamrock

cnoc wrote: »

Seán South would be a great name for the bridge. Give those Councillors their answer on the door steps.

No thanks. Naming it the Seán South bridge would just give the ra heads some satisfaction.

Beaver1

if you dont agree with the bridge been called the jfk bridge and think it should be called after JP McManus like this page Lads
https://www.facebook.com/groups/545593572205317/?notif_t=group_added_to_group

phog

Beaver1 wrote: »

if you dont agree with the bridge been called the jfk bridge and think it should be called after JP McManus like this page Lads
https://www.facebook.com/groups/545593572205317/?notif_t=group_added_to_group

Why not leave everything as it was?

Jofspring

Leave it as it is. No need to change the name of the bridge, end of story.

Can't wait to hear about how one of the councillors will have to make a few trips to the US to meet the Kennedys to discuss the naming and the possibility of one of them coming over for the unveiling.

Beaver1

phog wrote: »

Why not leave everything as it was?

that would be the right thing to do

Beaver1

theres now a petition if anyone wants to sign it
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/do-not-rename-the-shannon-bridge-the-jfk-bridge