Bridge in Liskeevy, County Galway

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Bridge in Liskeevy still stands over its abandoned railway track, leaving everything ready for a train that isn’t coming. If you’re waiting beneath it, don’t send someone for sandwiches. Send for your descendants.

Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built c.1885, over now disused Limerick to Sligo railway line. Comprises rusticated limestone walls, segmental arch with margined rusticated voussoirs, and rusticated parapet. Single-line track remains in situ.

This is a very well built railway bridge, that has lasted the test of time. Though now standing over a disused track, it is a monument to the high-quality masonry and engineering skills of the late nineteenth century.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30401607

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