Finglaswood Bridge

Two-arch former road bridge, built c. 1600 and possibly partly rebuilt c. 1820, round arches comprising higher southern, river arch and lower, dry northern arch. Now in use as footbridge. Random rubble limestone abutments, spandrels and central pier with substantial block-and-sneck rebuilding to west elevation and to parapet walls, and having cement copings. Roughly dressed voussoirs to arches. V-shaped rubble stone cutwaters to west. Iron plate embedded into east elevation, with suspended pipework.

A rare survival of a possibly medieval bridge in the North Dublin suburbs, connecting the significant Finglaswood House and Ballyboggan House to the carriage route south of the Tolka River. No longer carrying vehicular traffic, the bridge now functions as a footbridge and shows some evidence of building and repair work to west, while retaining a more original aspect to the east. It has generously proportioned arches and retains its original cutwaters. With a simple, yet formal, character it is an important reminder of the rich history of the area that is easily overlooked in the suburban landscape. It is also testament to the skill of nineteenth-century engineering and wider infrastructural and transport routes in the nineteenth century.