Old butte new

• old but new

• butte: isolated hill with steep sides

• Old Bridge: the old name of Whitworth Bridge (now Father Mathew Bridge) over the River Liffey in Dublin; it was probably the first stone bridge in Dublin to cross the river
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

• Butt Bridge: a bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

• New Bridge: a bridge over the River Liffey in Leixlip; sometimes said to be the oldest surviving bridge in Ireland, hence "old but new"
  • A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer

• Isaac Butt: the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party before he was ousted by Charles Stewart Parnell → FW 003.11 buttended
  • Third Census of Finnegans Wake