Goldenbridge Mills

Before the construction of the Grand Canal and beyond the city proper lay fields upon fields.

In 1877 William Joseph Tyndall, a Bootmaker in Grafton Street sold six acres, three roods and fifteen perches of land in Goldenbridge to Robert Fitzsimons, a “Gentleman” of Lower Mount Street. The land was located northwest of the Cammock and north of the Grand Canal. 

In 1907, five acres, two roods and 15 perches were sold to Fredrick Kennedy, a solicitor from Lower Ormond Quay. In 1908, Kennedy sold the land to Henry Brassington & Sons of Goldenbridge Mills. The timber mills had replaced a previous paper mill.  William Brassington eventually became sole proprietor of the mill and sought permission from the Grand Canal Company to build a wharf where goods could be loaded onto boats adjacent to the mill.