Overview
bridge — KILLINANGEL BEG is recorded as bridge in Donegal. Single-arch former railway bridge, built c. 1905, carrying road over former Donegal Town to Ballyshannon narrow gauge railway line. Railway lines now out of use with tracks removed (c. 1960).
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch former railway bridge, built c. 1905, carrying road over former Donegal Town to Ballyshannon narrow gauge railway line.
People and work
The saved account records: Railway lines now out of use with tracks removed (c. 1960).
How it changed
The saved account records: West end of parapet to the south-west now damaged.
What survives
The saved account records: Squared rubble stone retaining walls to either side of bridge and former railway cutting having squared and mildly rock-faced terminating piers (on square-plan).
Why it mattered
bridge — KILLINANGEL BEG matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This former railway bridge retains much of its original form and character despite the closure of the line in 1960. The good-quality mildly rock-faced voussoirs to the arch is a typical feature of late Victorian and Edwardian railway engineering and architecture in Ireland. It survives in relatively good condition, which is testament to the quality of its original construction. It was originally built by the Donegal Railway Company as part of the Donegal Town to Ballyshannon narrow gauge railway line, which opened in September 1905 and closed completely on January 1st 1960. This railway bridge forms part of a… 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
- St. John's Church of Ireland Church — KILLINANGEL BEGbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Killinangel Beg Hilltop Fairy Fortmonument0.2 miles
- house — KILLINANGEL BEGbuilding0.4 miles
- Man-made underground passage in Killinangel Moremonument0.5 miles
- Hill House — ROSSNOWLAGH UPPER OR CROCKAHANNYbuilding0.6 miles
- Burial ground in Killinangel Moremonument0.6 miles
- house — DURNESHbuilding0.7 miles
- Lurgan Court Tombmonument0.7 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ardeelan Lowermonument0.7 miles
- house — ROSSNOWLAGH UPPER OR CROCKAHANNYbuilding0.7 miles
- Rossnowlagh Presbyterian Church — ARDEELAN LOWERbuilding0.8 miles
- Rosscat Drumlin-Slope Fairy Fortmonument0.8 miles
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