Overview
bridge — Bruree is recorded as bridge in Limerick. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Seven-arch bridge over river, c.1800.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Seven-arch bridge over river, c.1800.
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: Rubble limestone walls with triangular cutwaters having domed pyramidal capping.
Why it mattered
bridge — Bruree matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A solidly-constructed bridge forming an attractive landmark in Bruree with its seven arches making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the River Maigue. 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
- Briar Cottage — Water Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- De Valera Museum — Water Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- The Eamonn De Valera Museumattractionunder 0.1 miles
- house — Saint Munchin's Terracebuildingunder 0.1 miles
- St Mainchins Church (Site of) — Ballynoe (connello Upper By., Bruree Ed)monumentunder 0.1 miles
- Indicated — Brureemonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Outlined — Ballynoe (connello Upper By., Bruree Ed)monumentunder 0.1 miles
- Old Graveyardmemorialunder 0.1 miles
- Bruree Castle Upper (in ruins) — Ballynoe (connello Upper By., Bruree Ed)castleunder 0.1 miles
- Saint Munchin's Church (Bruree)buildingunder 0.1 miles
- Bruree Castle Upper (ruins)castleunder 0.1 miles
- The Old Mill — Brureebuilding0.1 miles
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