bridge — CORNAGILLAGH

The saved account records: Single-arch former railway bridge, built c. 1909, carrying former Strabane to Letterkenny narrow gauge railway line over small rural road.

The saved account records: Railway line now out of use with tracks removed (c. 1960).

The saved account records: Squared and mildly rock-faced construction to spandrels, parapets, wing walls and piers

The saved account records: Squared and mildly rock-faced retaining walls to railway embankment to either side of bridge north and south having chamfered cut stone coping over.

bridge — CORNAGILLAGH matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This appealing former railway bridge retains its original form and character despite the closure of the line in 1960. The good-quality mildly rock-faced masonry used in the construction of the arch and as the coping to the parapets is a typical feature of Victorian railway engineering and architecture in Ireland. It survives in good condition, which is testament to the quality of its original construction, and of the ambitions of the railway company involved in its initial construction. It was originally built by the Strabane to Letterkenny Railway Company (worked by the Donegal Railway Company Joint Committee)… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.