Overview
Cuskinny Bridge is recorded as bridge in Cork. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Single-arch humpback road bridge, built c. 1790.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Single-arch humpback road bridge, built c. 1790.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The saved source records: Rubble stone walls with rendered copings to parapets.
Why it mattered
Cuskinny Bridge matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Though no longer bridging a river, this bridge provides a notable feature along road. Well crafted construction is evident in stonework, particularly in voussoirs 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
- Cuskinnybeachunder 0.1 miles
- Cuskinny — Cobhbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- house — CUSKINNYbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Ballymore Cottage Lowerbuilding0.2 miles
- Ballymore Villabuilding0.2 miles
- Carrigrhu — Cobhbuilding0.3 miles
- Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuaryforest0.3 miles
- Cuskinny Court — BALLYMOREbuilding0.3 miles
- The Priory — BALLYMOREbuilding0.3 miles
- Tubberlaonann — Ballywilliam (barrymore By.)monument0.3 miles
- Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballymore (barrymore By.)monument0.5 miles
- house — Cobhbuilding0.5 miles
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