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Bridge in Knockbrack
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Triple-span humpback road bridge, built c. 1870, spanning the River Oolagh. Camber-headed arches with dressed limestone voussoirs, dressed stone block soffits. Springing from dressed stone block piers with bow-fronted tooled limestone cutwaters with tooled limestone capping. Dressed rubble stone spandrels with tooled…

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Triple-span humpback road bridge, built c. 1870, spanning the River Oolagh. Camber-headed arches with dressed limestone voussoirs, dressed stone block soffits. Springing from dressed stone block piers with bow-fronted tooled limestone cutwaters with tooled limestone capping. Dressed rubble stone spandrels with tooled limestone stringcourse to side below splayed rubble stone parapet walls surmounted by roughly dressed rubble stone coping. Battered dressed stone piers with tooled limestone stringcourse and capping. Dressed stone block abutments to east and west.
This attractive humpback bridge occupies the site of the old Bealaughlee Ford and is a vital element within the local communication network. The bridge displays the great skill and quality of its craftsmen and engineers, with finely crafted limestone arches and well executed walls. Attractive piers and bowed cutwaters utilising tooled limestone greatly enhance the façades of this pleasing bridge.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21904202

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Limerick City and County Council (individual photographer not named), www.limerick.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.istockphoto.com
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