Overview
bridge — Croom is recorded as bridge in Limerick. Six-arch road bridge over the River Maigue, built c. 1790, with round-headed arches. Roughly dressed limestone walls with concrete parapet walls having metal railings.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Six-arch road bridge over the River Maigue, built c. 1790, with round-headed arches.
People and work
The saved account records: Roughly dressed limestone walls with concrete parapet walls having metal railings.
How it changed
The saved account records: Ashlar limestone V-cutwaters to south elevation and concert U-cutwaters to north elevation.
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 — Croom matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: The simple elegant form of this road bridge is much enhanced by the contrast between random rubble limestone walls and the finely executed cut limestone voussoirs and V-cutwaters, which add textural interest to the structure. This bridge is a reminder of the pride and craftsmanship employed in such endeavors in the late eighteenth, early 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 — Skagh,croommonumentunder 0.1 miles
- house — Bridge Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- mill (water) — Church Roadbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Croom Mills — Church Roadbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Mill — Croommonumentunder 0.1 miles
- R. Cregg — Bridge Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Croom — Croom,skaghmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Hogan — Main Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Croom House — Church Roadbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- house — Main Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- E. Shanahan — Main Streetbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Saint Mary's Church (Croom) — Church Roadbuildingunder 0.1 miles
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