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Custom House
The 18th century Custom House was nearly destroyed in the War of Independence in 1921 when the Dublin Brigade of the IRA attacked it and set the building on fire. It burned for five days, leaving only the shell. 

North Bull Wall
The construction of the North Bull Wall to prevent sand building up  in the mouth of the harbour resulted in the creation of modern Bull Island. 

When the wall was finished in 1842, sand gradually accumulated to make the island. 

The Samuel Beckett Bridge
The Samuel Beckett Bridge, linking Guild Street on the northside of the city with Sir John Rogerson’s Quay on the southside, was delivered to Dublin by barge from Rotterdam in Holland. T

he 1,011 kilometre journey took around five days. The bridge was opened in 2009.