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Graiguenamanagh Bridge

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Graiguenamanagh Bridge
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Seven-arch hump back road bridge over river, built 1764-7. Damaged, 1798. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls centred on submerged triangular cutwaters to piers having cut-granite pyramidal capping with cut-granite coping to parapets. Series of seven segmental arches between round-headed niches…

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Seven-arch hump back road bridge over river, built 1764-7. Damaged, 1798. Part creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone walls centred on submerged triangular cutwaters to piers having cut-granite pyramidal capping with cut-granite coping to parapets. Series of seven segmental arches between round-headed niches with rusticated cut-granite block-and-start voussoirs centred on cut-granite double keystones. Sited spanning River Barrow with grass banks to river.
A bridge erected to designs attributed to George Smith (fl. 1760-79) of Kilkenny (Cox and Gould 1998, 93-4) representing an important component of the eighteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Kilkenny with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the Smith-designed Green's Bridge (1766; see 12004007) and Castlecomer Bridge (1763; see 12301001), confirmed not only by the silver-grey granite dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arches making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the River Barrow: meanwhile, the bridge remains of additional interest for the connections with the 1798 Insurrection when a Crown Force-initiated explosion attempted to impede the progress of rebels from neighbouring County Carlow.

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1760-79) of Kilkenny (Cox and Gould 1998, 93-4) representing an important component of the eighteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Kilkenny with the architectural value of the composition, one recalling the Smith-designed Green's Bridge (1766; see 12004007) and Castlecomer Bridge.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12318004

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  • Humphrey Bolton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Stuart Vickers, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons
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