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Bridge in Ballyglass West (ballymoe by)

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Bridge in Ballyglass West (ballymoe by)
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Bridge in Ballyglass West (ballymoe by) had the tops of its walls rebuilt and finished for the railway’s expected return. All that getting ready, and the train would pass underneath. A new hat for a reunion with someone who only remembers your knees.

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Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1869, carrying road over Ennis Junction to Athenry railway line. Elliptical arch. Rock-faced rusticated walls, voussoirs, piers and abutments, having recent render coping added to recently rebuilt parapet walls. Abutment walls to both elevations. Ashlar soffit.
This railway bridge, recently restored in anticipation of the reopening of the railway line, is solidly constructed. The rusticated limestone is well dressed and the voussoirs are clearly the work of skilled stonecutters and masons. This is typical of the level of craftsmanship and engineering skill during the expansion of the railways throughout Ireland in the late nineteenth century.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30411309

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Pictures: Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Joe Silke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Jsilke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5; dougf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rryswny, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Ian Capper, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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