Irish capital city of Dublin is located on both banks of the River Liffey, and, of course, such a city can not exist without bridges. Bridges - an important part of not only the history and life of the city, but the city's architecture. Modern bridges - a hymn to modern technology and engineering sciences, harmoniously combines the art of architecture.

But speaking of Dublin, not to mention the oldest bridge of the city, for thousands of years connecting the north and south banks of the river. This bridge appeared along with the city itself. For a long time it was the only bridge in the city, and therefore called unpretentious - Dublin Bridge (or simply - Bridge). The first written mention of the bridge refers to 1014. For several centuries, the bridge remained wooden, the first stone bridge was built only in the middle of the XV century. He was a rather pedestrian street with houses, shops and a chapel.

Modern three-span bridge was built at the beginning of the XIX century and was named after Charles Whitworth, Viceroy of Ireland.

Once in the XX century, Ireland gained independence, the country a wave of renaming. This was especially true names somehow related to the British rule, and in 1938, the oldest bridge of the Irish capital was renamed in honor of Theobald Mathew, the Irish Catholic priest, violent preacher sobriety.