The Royal Canal was developed in the latter part of the eighteenth century to provide freight and passenger transport between Dublin and the River Shannon. This single-arch bridge (erected c. 1795) was named for John Binns, one of the principal supporters of Royal Canal, and its construction is commemorated in a carved stone plaque on each face. In the mid-nineteenth century the canal was purchased by the Midland Great Western Railway company and a branch line to North Wall was constructed along this section of the canal in the 1860s.
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Type of Building:
Landmark
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1940
Corpus Christi Church – built 1941
Jun 1941
1930
Corpus Christi National School – opens 1931
1st Sep 1931