Overview
Ballynahinch Bridge is recorded as bridge in Limerick. Single-arch humpback limestone road bridge over the River Morningstar, built in 1896. Rock-faced coursed walls and parapets with rock-faced cappings.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch humpback limestone road bridge over the River Morningstar, built in 1896.
People and work
The saved account records: Rock-faced coursed walls and parapets with rock-faced cappings.
How it changed
The saved account records: Cut rusticated voussoirs to segmental-headed arches.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it bridge. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Ballynahinch Bridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Constructed for the Morningstar River Drainage Board in 1896, Ballynahinch Bridge is a well designed, robust bridge, with thick walls and a wide span. A high degree of precision is apparent in the coursed walls and tightly placed voussoirs. It was built on the site of a previous Ballynahinch Bridge which is evident on the first edition OS map for Limerick County which dates to 1844. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Earthwork in Ballynahinchmonument0.1 miles
- Moated site in Ballynahinchmonument0.1 miles
- Barrow — unclassified in Ballynahinchmonument0.3 miles
- Barrow — ditch barrow in Ballynahinchmonument0.3 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinemonument0.5 miles
- Bawn in Ballynahinchcastle0.6 miles
- Castle (in ruins) — Ballynahinchcastle0.6 miles
- Cloheen Grave Yard — Ballynahinchmonument0.6 miles
- Mapped graveyard — County Limerickmemorial0.6 miles
- Cross-inscribed stone in Ballynahinchmonument0.6 miles
- Church in Ballynahinchmonument0.6 miles
- Deborahs Well — Ballynahinchmonument0.6 miles
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