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Island Bridge () (formerly Sarah or Sarah's Bridge) is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey, in Dublin, Ireland and joining the South Circular Road to Conyngham Road at the Phoenix Park. Island Bridge and the surrounding area are so named because of the island formed here by the creation of a mill race towards the right bank while the main current flows to the left. The River Camac emerges from a tunnel further downstream towards Dublin Heuston railway station. ==History== In 1577, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, while Sir Henry Sidney was Lord Deputy of Ireland, an arched stone bridge was built here to replace an earlier structure nearby at Kilmainham. This bridge was swept away by a flood in 1787,〔 and between 1791 and 1793 the replacement bridge, that is standing today, was constructed. The structure is a single〔(Antiquemapsandprints.com - 1828 Print from ''Ireland Illustrated'' ) Petrie, Barlett, & Baynes (with text by George Newenham Wright).〕 32-metre span ashlar masonry elliptical arch bridge〔''Current and Future Trends in Bridge Design, Construction and Maintenance'', Institution of Civil Engineers, ISBN 0-7277-3091-6〕 and was originally named ''Sarah's Bridge'' after Sarah Fane, Countess of Westmorland, wife of the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who laid the first stone on the June 22, 1791.〔(Chapters.eiretek.org - Extract from ''Historical Guide to the City of Dublin'' G.N. Wright 1825. )〕 The bridge was renamed ''Island Bridge'' in 1922 following independence from Britain of the Free State, similarly to many other Dublin bridges named for British peers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islandbridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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