Until 1812, Ringsend’s fishing community relied on hazardous crossings of the Dodder until successive bridges—repeatedly destroyed by floods—culminated in the 1812 granite elliptical-arch bridge, while an ambitious 1813 wooden portcullis bridge scheme across the estuary was proposed but abandoned amid navigational objections.
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