Overview
Cloonbeg Bridge — CLOONBEG, DERRYVICKRUNE is recorded as bridge in Galway. Single-arch road bridge, built c.1810, spanning Owenmore River. Comprises dressed stone blocks built to courses with projecting quoins tying into revetment for road.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Single-arch road bridge, built c.1810, spanning Owenmore River.
People and work
The saved account records: Comprises dressed stone blocks built to courses with projecting quoins tying into revetment for road.
How it changed
The saved account records: Segmental arch with finely dressed voussoirs with stone soffit.
What survives
The saved account records: Dry-stone rubblework parapet (probably later addition).
Why it mattered
Cloonbeg Bridge — CLOONBEG, DERRYVICKRUNE matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This bridge attests to the expansion of the road network in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Its well-made stonework is notable. 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.
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