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9 unusual facts about Cabra


Billy Whelan

The campaign to have the bridge renamed was initiated and organised by members of the Cabra, GAA club, Naomh Fionbarra (gaelic spelling) (St. Finbarr's) and sanctioned by Dublin City Council in early 2006.

On 8 December 2006 the railway bridge on Fassaugh Road/Dowth Avenue junction in Cabra, Dublin 7 close to Dalymount Park was renamed in his honour.

Cabra, Spain

Apollo also possessed a temple dedicated to him as well as an important aqueduct of 5 miles, constructed for Marco Cornelio Novano Bebio Balbo, flamen provincial and Prefect romano of the college of the engineers of Igabrum.

Mio Cid, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, conquered King Zirí Abd'Allah of Granada in the Battle of Cabra, and in his castle mesó from the beards to García Ordóñez, origin of Leader Sang of Mio.

Cabragh

Cabra, Dublin, Republic of Ireland; formerly spelt Cabragh

Construction plant fitting in Ireland

Up until November 2010, the FÁS Training Centre in Cabra was the only training centre in the country to offer apprenticeship training at Phase 2 level.

Phibsborough

The Phibsborough stop will be located within the former Broadstone railway, cutting between the North Circular Road and the Cabra Road, and will have lateral platforms.

Saint Roderick

Tradition states that he was a Christian priest of Cabra who had two brothers: one was a Muslim, the other had no religion.

St. Roderick's Convent and Hospital in Cabra, established in the 16th century, bears his name.


St Stephen's Green station

An extension of the LUAS Green Line is planned to cross the River Liffey, and intersect with the Red Line at the junction between O'Connell Street and Abbey Street and terminate at Broombridge (in Cabra) to interconnect with the Irish Rail Broombridge railway station.


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