Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was particularly significant to have that bridge constructed because that was the only national route in this country that was closed during the era known as the Troubles. It is very appropriate that the way across that Woodford river, linking Cavan and Fermanagh, the Republic and Northern Ireland, at that location that is called the Senator George Mitchell Peace Bridge. I recall that day very fondly, as do thousands of other people from both Fermanagh and Cavan who attended on that occasion.