Quinspool Br.

Situated 1.5km N of Limerick City over a stream flowing W to E into the River Shannon. A bridge built by the Mayor of Limerick in 1635. An inscribed limestone slab (1.21m x 0.61m) is built into the W parapet at ground level. The inscription, in low relief, is in capital letters and reads, ‘HUNC PONTEM AC UIAM STRATAM FIERI FECIT PETRUS CREAGH FILIUS ANDREAE MAIOR CIVITATIS LIMERICENSIS SUMPTIBUS EIUSDEM CIVITATIS ANNO DNI 1635’ which translates ‘Peter Creagh, sone of Andrew [Creagh], Mayor of Limerick, had this bridge and street made at the expense of the city of Limerick, the year of the Lord 1635’. (Rynne 1977, 69-71 and Plate V) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 May 2017