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Stoker, Wilde, Gregory: What should Dublin city's new bridge be called?

Eighty-five official names were received by Dublin City Council, which was shortlisted to 17.

A SHORTLIST OF names for the new bridge over the Liffey at Marlborough Street in Dublin has been revealed.

The public voted and 85 official nominations were received by Dublin City Council. The names were then shortlisted to 17.

A decision on the name of the new bridge will be made in autumn 2013, with the bridge scheduled for completion in late 2013.

Here is the shortlist of names and we want to know what you think. What name do you think the new Dublin city bridge should be called?


Poll Results:

Yeats, W.B. (692)
Connolly, James (604)
Swift, Jonathan (548)
Stoker, Bram (514)
Wilde, Oscar (471)
Hackett, Rosie (443)
Bermingham, Willie (308)
Gregory, Tony (263)
Duff, Frank (249)
The Patriots Bridge (236)
Walton, Ernest (217)
The Returned Home (172)
Gregory, Lady (136)
Abbey Theatre Bridge (131)
Mills, Kay (101)
Sigerson, George (59)
Plunkett, James (51)

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