Overview
bridge — Patrickswell is recorded as bridge in Limerick. 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.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built in 1856, carrying a road over the Kerry to Limerick railway line.
People and work
The saved account records: Rock-faced coursed limestone walls with rock-faced limestone voussoirs to elliptical arch and cut limestone coping to parapet wall.
How it changed
The saved account records: Recent concrete reinforcement to soffit.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it bridge. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
bridge — Patrickswell matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: 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. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballybronoge Northmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Patrickswell Railway Stationbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Designed landscape feature in Attyflinmonument0.1 miles
- Fulacht fia in Attyflinmonument0.1 miles
- Springfort — Patrickswellbuilding0.2 miles
- Ring-ditch in Ballybronoge Southmonument0.3 miles
- Hearth in Ballybronoge Southmonument0.3 miles
- Outlined — Attyflinmonument0.3 miles
- Lissardmonument0.3 miles
- Lissard, Hachured — Attyflinmonument0.3 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballybronoge Southmonument0.4 miles
- Excavation — miscellaneous in Attyflinmonument0.5 miles
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