Overview
bridge — BALLINVIRA is recorded as bridge in Limerick. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built in 1856, having dressed voussoirs to round-headed arches.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built in 1856, having dressed voussoirs to round-headed arches.
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: Roughly dressed parapet walls and copings.
Why it mattered
bridge — BALLINVIRA matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This simply proportioned bridge retains the original profile of its arch. High quality craftsmanship is evident in its robust construction. 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
- house — BALLINVIRAbuilding0.2 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballinviramonument0.2 miles
- Indicated — Ballinviramonument0.3 miles
- Toberreendoney — Ballinviramonument0.4 miles
- Toberreendoneywaterfall0.4 miles
- Hollywood House — BALLINVIRAbuilding0.4 miles
- worker's house — BALLINVIRAbuilding0.4 miles
- Indicated — Graigue (connello Lower By., Croagh Ed)monument0.7 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Graigue (connello Lower By., Croagh Ed)monument0.7 miles
- Clonshire Castlecastle0.7 miles
- Clonshire Castle (in ruins) — Clonshire Morecastle0.7 miles
- Castle Farm House — GRAIGUEbuilding0.7 miles
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