Bridge in Knockainy East, County Limerick

What is recorded here

The Bridge in Knockainy East splits the Camoge round a rounded stone nose and sends it through two arches. Even a river passing Rathanny has to pick a side. God help it if there's a match on.

Two-arch road bridge over the River Camoge, built c. 1780. Coursed rubble limestone with rubble limestone copings. Tooled limestone plinth. Round-headed arches with tooled stone voussoirs. Cut limestone U-cutwaters to upstream pier.

This simple elegant road bridge exhibits some well executed limestone tooling to plinth and cutwaters. Spanning a relatively small length, it never the less exhibits the skill and engineering of local craftsmanship in the nineteenth century in Ireland and was a significant part of the infrastructural development of this area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21904015

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