It quickly acquired the nickname by which it is still known because it replaced a Liffey ferry which charged passengers a half-penny – and this amount was now charged to pedestrians as a toll to cross the bridge.
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The bridge was named, though not officially, for Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington and victor at the Battle of Waterloo. Dubliners dubbed it the Ha' ...
The Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in May 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland.
26.5.2016 · The bridge's most famous moniker comes from the price of the original toll to cross, designed to match the levies of the ferries it had replaced ...
2.1.2024 · The name comes from a time when those that crossed the bridge were charged a toll. The cost to cross the bridge was a ha'penny. How old is the ...
World renowned as the Ha'penny Bridge, in reference to that toll, but officially the Liffey Bridge since 1922, it has variously been known as the Wellington, ...
24.2.2023 · The bridge was named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo, who is commemorated nearby by the massive ...
It was erected in 1816 as the Wellington Bridge and it acquired its better known nickname from the halfpenny toll levied on all users of the bridge up to 1919.
19.7.2021 · Originally called Wellington Bridge, after the Dublin-born Duke of Wellington. In 1922, it was renamed The Liffey Bridge when the independent ...
4.3.2021 · Technically the bridge was named the Wellington Bridge, after the Dublin born Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, but it was renamed by the ...