Luas work reveals old quay wall of Liffey

The Irish Times

The remains of an early Liffey quay wall, some 70 metres north of the present one, have been unearthed by archaeologists in O'Connell Street on the site of an electricity sub-station for the Tallaght Luas line. Ms Christine Baker, the archaeologist who made the discovery, said yesterday the provenance of the wall could not be fixed precisely, but it probably dates from around 1700.

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