GCX9B3 Liffey Bridges-Mellows (Unknown Cache) in Dublin, Ireland created by Kili or bust

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Hidden : 7/22/2006

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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As with most of the Liffey Bridge caches this is a magnetic micro that is quite easy to find without accurate coordinates. You will need a pen or pencil with you. Those given above only bring you to the area. If you require precise coordinates then answer the following:

In the English version on the plaque on the bridge the third line has how many words. Call the answer "A".

The final coordinates are N53 20.793+A W006 16.828-A
PLEASE REPLACE CAREFULLY WITHIN THE CONTAINER AND MAKE SURE IT IS CLOSED PROPERLY. ALSO, PLEASE REPLACE EXACTLY WHERE YOU FIND IT.

Mellows Bridge is a road bridge spanning the Liffey and joining Queen Street and Arran Quay to the south quays.
In 1683, a stone bridge called Arran Bridge was built in a location between the upstream Bloody Bridge (see Rory O'More Bridge) and the downstream Bridge of Dublin (see Fr. Mathew Bridge). Construction was funded by landowner William Ellis, and Dublin Corporation.
Also known as Bridewell Bridge, this structure stood for 80 years, but was swept away by a flood in 1763.
"National Graves Association" plaque (in Irish and English) noting renaming of bridge.
Designed by Charles Valency (a military engineer) a replacement bridge on the same site was built between 1764 and 1768 as a three elliptical arch stone bridge, and named Queens Bridge after Charlotte of Mecklenburg, queen consort of George III.
In 1923 the bridge was renamed for the legendary Queen Maeve by the fledgling Free State. However, it was renamed again in 1942 to its current name, for republican Liam Mellows who was executed during the Irish Civil War.
At almost 250 years old, Mellow's Bridge remains the oldest of all Dublin city bridges still in use.

Nomenclature
As with other bridges on the Liffey in Dublin, and largely because of the many name changes, Mellow's Bridge is known locally by several names, including: Queen's Bridge, Queen's Street Bridge, Queen Maeve Bridge, and Mellowes Bridge (with an "e").

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)