Overview
bridge — CLOONMACDUFF, UNION is recorded as bridge in Sligo. Five-span stone road-over-river bridge, erected c. 1835. Dressed limestone road bridge over.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Five-span stone road-over-river bridge, erected c. 1835.
People and work
The saved account records: Dressed limestone road bridge over.
How it changed
The saved account records: Limestone piers, triangular cutwaters with pyramid caps to east and west sides, ziggurat-headed arches to main spans, flat-headed arches to flood-relief openings to north and south banks, square parapet balusters placed diagonally, bull-nosed concrete parapet coping.
What survives
The saved account records: Concrete block flanking walls on both approaches to bridge.
Why it mattered
bridge — CLOONMACDUFF, UNION matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This most unusual bridge, formerly within Markree Castle estate, has an uncompromisingly angular design of great significance. It displays a high standard of workmanship and the one-piece cutwaters are of special interest. 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
- Deerpark Lodge — UNIONbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Castle (in Ruins) — Cloonmacduffcastleunder 0.1 miles
- Building in Cloonmacduffmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Unionmonument0.1 miles
- Earthwork in Unionmonument0.1 miles
- Kilederdaowen (Site of) — Cloonmacduffmonument0.2 miles
- Graveyard in Cloonmacduffmonument0.2 miles
- Field system in Cloonmacduffmonument0.2 miles
- Ecclesiastical enclosure in Cloonmacduffmonument0.2 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Cloonmacduffmonument0.3 miles
- Markree Castle — CLOONMACDUFFbuilding0.3 miles
- Beehive Lodge — UNIONbuilding0.4 miles
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