Whistling Bridge

LB6 · 25-02-2014 4:21pm #1

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 · 25-02-2014 4:23pm

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

12 element · 25-02-2014 4:25pm

LB6 wrote: »

More money wasted.

How much did it cost?

betonit · 25-02-2014 4:54pm

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 · 25-02-2014 5:04pm

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 · 25-02-2014 5:07pm

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 · 25-02-2014 5:37pm

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 · 25-02-2014 8:17pm

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 · 25-02-2014 8:30pm

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

betonit · 25-02-2014 9:13pm

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

daveob007 · 25-02-2014 10:24pm

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 · 25-02-2014 11:59pm

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 · 26-02-2014 9:34am

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 · 26-02-2014 9:54am

Still the new bridge to me.

relaxed · 26-02-2014 10:05am

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 · 26-02-2014 10:26am

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 · 26-02-2014 11:27am

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 · 26-02-2014 2:00pm

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 · 26-02-2014 3:22pm

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 · 26-02-2014 3:29pm

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 · 26-02-2014 4:02pm

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

James McNulty · 26-02-2014 4:08pm

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. · 26-02-2014 5:11pm

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 · 26-02-2014 5:47pm

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 · 26-02-2014 5:51pm

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 · 26-02-2014 5:57pm

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 · 26-02-2014 6:17pm

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 · 26-02-2014 6:24pm

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 · 26-02-2014 6:28pm

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 · 26-02-2014 6:29pm

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 · 26-02-2014 6:30pm

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/

Whistling Bridge

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