Overview
Barrack Bridge — BARNA is recorded as bridge in Limerick. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Single-arch sandstone road bridge, built c. 1810, with coursed rubble walls with roughly dressed copings to parapet walls.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Single-arch sandstone road bridge, built c. 1810, with coursed rubble walls with roughly dressed copings to parapet walls.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The saved source records: Single-arch sandstone road bridge, built c. 1810, with coursed rubble walls with roughly dressed copings to parapet walls.
Why it mattered
Barrack Bridge — BARNA matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The simple form of this road bridge, which crosses a tributary of the Aherlow River, is enhanced by the textural variation created by the rubble stone walls and dressed voussoirs. 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.
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