Hospital Bridge, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Hospital Bridge carries the road over the Mahore on three stone arches, while pedestrians get a separate metal bridge beside it. Two hundred years of service, and the poor thing has acquired a little assistant whose entire job is to say, ‘Walk this way.’

Triple-arch road bridge over the River Mahore, built c. 1810. Rubble limestone walls with render copings. Cut limestone voussoirs to round-headed arches. V-cutwaters to east elevation. Recent metal pedestrian bridge to west.

The combination of rubble and dressed limestone used in the construction of this robust bridge adds textural variation and interest to its elevations. The V-cutwaters enliven the east elevation.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21811030

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