What is recorded here

Castleroberts Bridge spans the River Maigue in County Limerick, built around 1795 from stones taken from a nearby medieval church and castle. The bridge has eight arches and still carries traffic across the water. The old buildings are gone, but their walls live inside the bridge, transformed into a crossing instead of a chapel or fortress.

Castleroberts Bridge crossing the River Maigue was built in the late 18th century with fabric from a medieval church (LI021-132----) and castle (LI021-037----) located 330m to E. In 1865 it was recorded that 'The ruins of this [Castleroberts] church, and of part of the old castle, were pulled down for materials to build a bridge over the Maigue at Castle Roberts, about seventy or eighty years ago (c. 1785-95)' (Dunraven 1865, 270). In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described the bridge as consisting of '8 arches, built in 1795' (OSNB, 57). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 January 2019

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