Bridge in Ballybronoge North, County Limerick

What is recorded here

The Bridge in Ballybronoge North has handsome limestone on show and newer concrete tucked beneath its arch. It’s the distinguished uncle who insists he’s in magnificent shape, provided nobody mentions the elastic holding his trousers up.

Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built in 1856, carrying a road over the Kerry to Limerick railway line. Rock-faced coursed limestone walls with rock-faced limestone voussoirs to elliptical arch and cut limestone coping to parapet wall. Recent concrete reinforcement to soffit.

Patrickswell railway station opened on 12 July 1856, early in the development of the railway network and this railway bridge is a reminder of the engineering achievements and quality of local craftsmanship at that time. The elevations are much enlivened by the textural variation of the skillfully executed detailing.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21901241

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