Overview
bridge — Coolaney is recorded as bridge in Sligo. Single-arch stone road-over-river bridge, built c. 1833. Coursed squared rubble limestone walling, inverted shallow V-shape to parapets, plain ashlar parapet string course, plain square ashlar parapet copings.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch stone road-over-river bridge, built c. 1833.
People and work
The saved account records: Coursed squared rubble limestone walling, inverted shallow V-shape to parapets, plain ashlar parapet string course, plain square ashlar parapet copings.
How it changed
The saved account records: Elliptical-headed arch, dressed limestone ashlar voussoirs, smooth-rendered soffit.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it bridge. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
bridge — Coolaney matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This elegant bridge is finely engineered and exhibits good quality stone masonry. It is of historic and social significance as a reminder of the road network which developed in Ireland during the mid-nineteenth century. 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
- Indicated — Coolaneymonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Children's playground — County Sligoattraction0.1 miles
- court house — Coolaneybuilding0.1 miles
- Indicated — Rathoseycastle0.1 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Rathoseymonument0.3 miles
- Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Rathoseymonument0.4 miles
- Enclosure in Rathoseymonument0.4 miles
- Indicated — Seevnessmonument0.4 miles
- Leyny Railway Station — Coolaneybuilding0.4 miles
- Hut site in Rathoseymonument0.5 miles
- Indicated — Carrownacleighamonument0.5 miles
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