As the construction progresses there is increasing interest in the naming of the new bridge over the Liffey. Dublin City Council received 85 official nominations along with almost 10,000 supporting submissions, including e-mails, direct correspondence and petitions. At the meeting of Dublin City Council’s Commemorative Naming Committee yesterday, the 85 nominations were shortlisted to 17. (see list below) The shortlisted names will be reviewed at the next meeting of the Committee on 12th June, 2013.
Shortlisted names are ;
Abbey Theatre Bridge
Bermingham, Willie
Connolly, James
Duff, Frank
Gregory, Lady
Gregory, Tony
Hackett, Rosie
Mills, Kay
Plunkett, James
Sigerson, George
Stoker, Bram
Swift, Jonathan
The Patriots Bridge
The Returned Home
Walton, Ernest
Wilde, Oscar
Yeats, W.B.
