Bridge in Ballymurragh East

Single-arch railway bridge, built c. 1880. Having round-headed arch with rusticated limestone voussoirs and dressed rubble stone soffits springing from roughly dressed limestone piers with rusticated capitals and quoins. Snecked roughly dressed limestone spandrels surmounted by low parapet walls with rusticated limestone cornices and capping to sides (east, west). Splayed snecked roughly dressed limestone abutments projecting from side (east, west) elevations having rusticated limestone coping with chamfered corners and battered piers with rusticated capping. Curved abutment walls to north elevation. Bridge forms part of the Limerick to Tralee Railway line which now forms part of the Southern Trail.

This attractive bridge forms one of many notable architectural features that form part of the former Limerick to Tralee Railway. Typical of many stone built railway bridges throughout the country, well executed arches and piers are enlivened by the inclusion of rusticated limestone contrasting against the roughly dressed limestone wall. Further artistic interest is added in the form fine rusticated capitals, coping and capping. Although no longer used as a railway, it has been recently converted into a leisure trail stretching some 53 miles, providing an important amenity to not only the local community but also in developing tourism within the area.