Butt Bridge Dublin

Main Liffey road bridge in central Dublin, named after Home Rule founder Isaac Butt.

Butt Bridge spans the River Liffey in central Dublin, connecting Georges Quay to Beresford Place and the north quays beside Liberty Hall. It is named after Isaac Butt, the 19th-century Irish lawyer, economist, and politician who founded the Irish Home Rule movement. The bridge is one of the most heavily used Liffey crossings and a workaday part of Dublin city life. It attracts less architectural attention than the nearby Ha'penny Bridge or Samuel Beckett Bridge, but its namesake gives it quiet historical weight in the story of Irish self-determination.