Lismoyny Bridge

Triple-arched road bridge over River Brosna, originally built c.1770 and altered c.1855 with the addition of a new wide central span. Rubble limestone walls to original sections with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs to arches and over parapet walls. Rusticated limestone construction to later span with a projecting string course at road level. Located to the extreme south of Westmeath, straddling border with Co. Offaly.

A significant bridge of at least two distinct periods of construction, representing a important addition to the civil engineering and transport heritage of Co. Westmeath. The smaller arches originally formed part of a mid-to-late eighteenth-century bridge. A new central span was added, c.1855, as part of the extensive Brosna Drainage Scheme works carried out by The Board of Works during the 1850s. The heavily rusticated masonry is a typical feature of the many bridges built by Board of Works in the mid nineteenth-century, particularly between c.1847-60. This bridge is an attractive feature in the rural landscape and continues to play an important role in the transport network of south Westmeath.