ll the river
is crossed by twelve bridges, which, in order from west to east, are
these:--Sarah Bridge, the bridge of the North Wall extension railway;
King's, commemorating a visit of George IV.; Victoria or Barrack;
Queen's; Whitworth, of interest as occupying the site where a bridge has
stood since the 12th century; Richmond, Grattan and Wellington;
O'Connell, Butt and a swivel bridge carrying a loop railway. Of these
O'Connell bridge (formerly known as Carlisle) is the principal, as it
connects the chief thoroughfare on the north side, namely Sackville (or
O'Connell) Street, with Great Brunswick Street and others on the south.
Sackville Street, which gains in appearance from its remarkable breadth,
contains the principal hotels, and the post office, with a fine Ionic
portico, founded in 1815. At the crossing of Henry Street and Earl
Street is the Nelson pillar, a beautiful monument 134 ft. in height,
consisting of a fluted Doric column, raised on a massive pedestal, and
crowned by a statue of the admiral. At the southern end of the street is
Daniel O'Connell's monument, almost completed by John Henry Foley before
his death, and erected in 1882. In Rutland Square, at the northern end,
is the Rotunda, containing public rooms for meetings, and adjoining it,
the Rotunda hospital with its Doric facade.

From the north end of Sackville Street, several large thoroughfares
radiate through the northern part of the city, ultimately joining the
Circular Road at various points. To the west there are the Broadstone
station, Dominion Street, and beyond this the large workhouse, prison,
asylum and other district buildings, while the Royal barracks front the
river behind Albert Quay. Two other notable buildings face the river on
the north bank. Between Whitworth and Richmond bridges stands the "Four
Courts" (law courts), on the site of the ancient Dominican monastery of
St Saviour. It was erected between 1786 and 1796, and is adjoined by
other court buildings, the public record office, containing a vast
collection, and the police offices. Below the lowest bridge on the
river, and therefore in the neighbourhood of the shipping quarter, is
the customs house (1781-1791), considered one of the chief ornaments of
the city. It presents four fronts, that facing the river being of
Portland stone, in the Doric order, while the rest are of granite. The
centre is crowned by a dome, surmounted by a statue of Hope. This
building provides office