Bridge in Dromrahnee, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Bridge in Dromrahnee, Kilreash, still lifts the road over a railway that has retired. The trains got out of the arrangement; the road is still climbing the hill. Never agree to cover someone’s shift without getting an end date.

Single-arch railway bridge, built c. 1867, carrying road over railway track. Railway now disused. Rusticated limestone walls with rusticated voussoirs and cut limestone imposts to round-headed arch. Cut limestone to soffit of arch. Roughly dressed walls having cut limestone coping.

Although the track is no longer in use, this bridge still serves an important function in carrying the road across the tracks. Its rusticated stonework and large blocks are characteristic of railway bridges of its era, and mirror the stonework of the nearby former railway station, with which it forms a group. It is an imposing structure and a manifestation of the technical engineering skill available at the time of its construction.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21825002

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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