Four Masters Bridge — MULLANALECK

The saved account records: Three-arch road bridge over the Drowes River, built c.1820, with random coursed stone, cut stone voussoirs to arch-rings and full-height up and downstream V-cutwaters.

The saved account records: Plaque dedicated to The Four Masters on parapet, erected in 1975.

The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.

The official record fixes the place and calls it bridge. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

Four Masters Bridge — MULLANALECK matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Mullanaleck Bridge, otherwise known as The Four Masters Bridge, is a well-maintained stone bridge crossing the Drowes River. Located on the Donegal/Leitrim border, Mullanaleck Bridge is similar in style and construction to Lennox Bridge found further down river. A plaque dedicating the bridge to The Four Masters was erected on the parapet in 1975. It is documented that the Annals of the Four Masters, which records the history of Ireland down to AD1616, was compiled in a house by the Drowes River. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.