bridge — TULLYHUMPHRY

The saved account records: Four-arch railway bridge, built c.1860, carrying Clones and Cavan Extension Railway over River Finn.

The saved account records: Segmental arches with dressed V-jointed voussoirs and squared coursed snecked rubble stone to soffits.

The saved account records: V-shaped cutwaters having rounded stone capping to each elevation of piers.

The saved account records: Chamfered dressed sandstone plat-band, surmounted by dressed sandstone parapet walls, missing to some of east elevation, raised capping over buttresses.

bridge — TULLYHUMPHRY matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This substantial and elegantly-composed bridge fulfilled an important function in carrying the railway over the River Finn and provided a connection between counties Monaghan and Fermanagh. It formed a component part of the Cavan Branch of the Ulster Railway, later the Great Northern Railway, which was opened by the Clones and Cavan Extension Railway, but built and worked by the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Dressed sandstone detailing to voussoirs, plat-bands, and parapets articulate each elevation and provide a contrast to the rock-faced stone of the spandrel and abutment wall, producing an appealing… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.