Monaster Bridge, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Monaster Bridge gives the River Camoge four arches to pass through, then points concrete-armoured wedges at it upstream. Four doors open, elbows out: the river is trying to leave an Irish wedding.

Four-arch stone road bridge, built c. 1800, over the River Camoge. Segmental-arched openings with dressed limestone voussoirs. Rubble limestone spandrel walls having dressed copings to parapet walls. V-cutwaters encased in concrete to upstream elevation.

This well proportioned bridge is visually pleasing and contributes positively to the surrounding landscape. It exhibits the work of skilled craftsmen in the construction of the arches and cutwaters.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21903105

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