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Bridge in Corkeeran, County Monaghan (41401707)

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Bridge in Corkeeran
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Single-arch sandstone railway bridge, built c.1858, carrying Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway over road. Segmental arch, with rock-faced rusticated stone voussoirs and squared random rubble stone to soffit. Margined edge to voussoirs and quoins to arch. Rusticated plat-band at impost level. Extended abutments to each…

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Single-arch sandstone railway bridge, built c.1858, carrying Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway over road. Segmental arch, with rock-faced rusticated stone voussoirs and squared random rubble stone to soffit. Margined edge to voussoirs and quoins to arch. Rusticated plat-band at impost level. Extended abutments to each side to north elevation, splayed wing walls to abutments to each elevation. Roughly-coursed squared rubble stone to abutments and wing walls, latter having rusticated stone copings. Spandrel and parapet walls overgrown, embankment to west removed, piers to west elevation of abutment exposed.
Although somewhat overgrown, this bridge remains a focal point in the landscape and is reminder of the railway history of the district. Extended abutment walls to the north are unusual and distinguish this structure as a component within the larger group of railway bridges along this route. The Dundalk and Enniskillen Branch of the Great Northern Railway opened to Clones in 1858 and closed in 1959. The bridge is of historical and social significance as a reminder of the development the railway network in Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, bringing about technological advances and social change in the country.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41401707

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