Overview
bridge — Attymon is recorded as bridge in Galway. Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Rock-faced rusticated walls, parapet walls and piers, and cut-stone string courses.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line.
People and work
The saved account records: Rock-faced rusticated walls, parapet walls and piers, and cut-stone string courses.
How it changed
The saved account records: Elliptical arch with ashlar soffit, cut limestone impost course and rock-faced rusticated voussoirs.
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
bridge — Attymon matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This railway bridge exhibits high quality construction and detailing, with the rustication giving an expression of strength. Visible from the Attymon Railway Station, it makes a pleasing group with the station buildings, and adds interest to the railway line. Built by the Midland Great Western Railway Company, it is a good example of mid-nineteenth-century railway engineering. 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
- Attymon Railway Stationbuilding0.1 miles
- water pump — Attymonbuilding0.1 miles
- Attymon Housebuilding0.2 miles
- Enclosure in Gortnalone Southmonument0.7 miles
- Earthwork in Gortnalone Southmonument0.9 miles
- Lisduff — Lisduff (kilconnell By.)monument0.9 miles
- Enclosure in Gortnalone Northmonument0.9 miles
- Mound in Gortnalone Northmonument0.9 miles
- Childrens Burial Ground — Gortnalone Northmonument1.0 miles
- bridge — CAPPANASRUHAUNbuilding1.0 miles
- Boundary mound in Gortnalone North,gortnalone Southmonument1.1 miles
- Enclosure in Lisduff (kilconnell By.)monument1.1 miles
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