The Irish capital city of Dublin is situated on both banks of the river Liffey, and, of course, a city cannot exist without bridges. Bridges are an important part of not only the history and life of the city, but the city's architecture. Modern bridges is a hymn to modern technology and engineering science, harmoniously connected with the art of architecture.

But talking about Dublin, not to mention the oldest bridge of the city, now a thousand years between the North and South banks of the river. This bridge appeared simultaneously with the city. For a long time it was the only bridge in the city, and therefore was called simple – Dublin bridge (and the Bridge). The first written mention of this bridge belongs to 1014. For several centuries remained wooden bridge, the first stone bridge was built only in the mid-fifteenth century. Then it was a rather pedestrian street with houses, shops and chapel.

Modern three-span bridge was built in the early nineteenth century and was named after Charles Whitworth, the Viceroy of Ireland.

After Ireland in the twentieth century, gained independence for the country, a wave of renaming. This was especially true of the names connected with the British dominions, and in 1938 the oldest bridge in the Irish capital was renamed in honor of Theobald Mathew, an Irish Catholic priest, a fierce preacher of temperance.