Ballsbridge

Ballsbridge is an prosperous community of the city of Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. The location is essentially north and west of a 3-arch stone bridge throughout the River Dodder, at the south side of the town. The sign on the bridge nonetheless s it as Ball's Bridge in recognition of the truth that the authentic bridge on that region become built and owned by way of the Ball family, a well-known Dublin service provider circle of relatives within the 1500s and the 1600s.

The current bridge turned into built in 1791. 18th century maps show that the region of Dublin that is now Ballsbridge changed into firstly mud-flats and marsh, with many roads converging on a small village placed around the bridge, and recognized already as Ballsbridge. Situated at the Dodder, this village had a equipped source of power for small industries, along with by way of the 1720s a linen and cotton printers, and through the 1750s a paper-mill and a gunpowder factory.