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Bridge in Mullamurphy

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Bridge in Mullamurphy
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Limestone railway bridge, built c.1855, over disused Great Northern railway line, with three-centred arch, quarry-faced ashlar to both elevations, projecting ashlar string course and heavy punch-dressed copings to parapets which have roughly squared rubble to interior roadside elevations continuing on all sides which…

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Limestone railway bridge, built c.1855, over disused Great Northern railway line, with three-centred arch, quarry-faced ashlar to both elevations, projecting ashlar string course and heavy punch-dressed copings to parapets which have roughly squared rubble to interior roadside elevations continuing on all sides which continue along adjacent roadsides. Projecting battered engaged piers flank arch opening which has block-and-start quarry-faced ashlar voussoirs and brick soffit springing from finely punch-dressed ashlar impost on stone-built abutments.
This functional yet graceful mid-nineteenth-century bridge was part of the Great Northern Railway network which reached Monaghan Town in 1858. As well as providing an impressive Victorian architectural statement on this northern part of Monaghan town, this structure provides a reminder of the nineteenth-century industrial and transport heritage of the area and stands intact.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41302002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  • Monaghan Harps GAA club; aerial photographer not named, monaghanharps.clubzap.com
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Raymond Okonski, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Brian Lenehan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • James O'Neill, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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