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| GRATTAN BRIDGE, DUBLIN.- Since the extension of the Irish voting power, under the Gladstone regime, the chief municipalities of Ireland, by their Aldermen, or Counciilors, have asserted the national sentiment by substituting Irish for English names of streets and structures, whenever opportunity offers. Henry Grattan, the most gifted of Irish orators, and the founder of the "Constitution of 1782," which gave Ireland parliamentary independence for eighteen years, has given name to the bridge shown in the picture, which formerly bore the title of Essex bridge. |
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