Overview
45th Lock — Cloondara is recorded as lock in Longford. Canal lock associated with Royal Canal, built c. 1815, currently being restored. Consisting of one pair of timber and steel breast gates with timber footboards and balance beams.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Canal lock associated with Royal Canal, built c. 1815, currently being restored.
People and work
The saved account records: Consisting of one pair of timber and steel breast gates with timber footboards and balance beams.
How it changed
The saved account records: Associated lock keeper's house to the west now demolished.
What survives
The saved account records: Set within ashlar limestone lock chamber with ashlar limestone capstones having bevelled edges.
Why it mattered
45th Lock — Cloondara matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This well-constructed canal lock that forms part of an important group of structures associated with the Royal Canal at Cloondara. The quality of the ashlar limestone construction of the lock chamber is indicative of the grandiose ambitions of the Directors General of Inland Navigation (who took over responsibility for the Royal Canal following the dissolution of the Royal Canal Company in 1813) during the early part of the nineteenth century. This lock has been designed and constructed with a high level of expertise indicating the importance of its role in the past and it remains an important element of the… 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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- post box — Cloondarabuilding0.5 miles
- Richmond Bridge — Cloondarabuilding0.5 miles
- gates/railings/walls — Cloondarabuilding0.5 miles
- office — Cloondarabuilding0.5 miles
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- Richmond Mill — Cloondarabuilding0.5 miles
- bridge — Cloondarabuilding0.5 miles
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