Madams Bridge

Single-arch bridge, built c.1820, carrying road over River Bunnoe. Segmental arch, with dressed sandstone voussoirs and gunnelled soffits. Dressed stone abutments. Roughly coursed rubble stone to spandrel and parapet walls, dressed stone coping to parapets. Parapet damaged to south of east elevation.

This solidly constructed, engagingly simple, bridge, fulfils an important function in carrying the road over the River Bunnoe. It is representative of the development of the road network in Ireland throughout the early nineteenth century. Although it is not widely visible, its elegant arch is enlivened by dressed stone, which is testament to the skill and craftsmanship of stone-workers at the time of its erection.