Gallen Bridge, County Offaly

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Single-arch limestone canal bridge, c.1805, carrying the Ferbane Kilcormac road over the Grand Canal. Random rubble construction. Semi-elliptical profile arch with dressed limestone voussoirs. String course extends across face. Parapets coped with dressed stone blocks. Humped deck and ramped approaches.

Gallen Bridge, also known as Armstrong Bridge, is a typical example of the canal bridge erected across the Grand Canal in Offaly. It makes a positive and attractive and prominent addition to the canalscape and is an important piece of architectural heritage associated with Ireland's inland waterways.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14914006

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Gallen AbbeyReligious house, Augustinian canons · 1132 yd

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Gallen PrioryCountry house · 1227 yd

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Ferbane Play GroundChildren's playground · 1.2 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Saint Reaghan's WellSpring · 1.3 mi

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Coole CastleCastle · 1.4 mi

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Cloghan HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi

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Lug Holy WellSpring · 3.0 mi

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Children's playground3.1 miComputer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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Clonlyon CastleCastle, tower house · 3.3 mi

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St. Managhans WellHoly well · 4.6 mi

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European ash4.6 mi

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AbbeyHermitage · 4.7 mi

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