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Aughnagappull Bridge

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Aughnagappull Bridge
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Three-arch hump back road bridge over river, extant 1840. Damaged, 1923. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls centred on triangular cutwaters to piers to upriver (north) elevation having pyramidal capping with tuck pointed hammered granite soldier course coping to parapets. Series of three round arches between paired steel tie plates with repointed granite ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning Boro River with unkempt grass banks to river.
A bridge representing an integral component of the civil engineering heritage of County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition suggested not only by the silver-grey granite dressings demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the "sweep" of the arches making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the Boro River: meanwhile, aspects of the composition clearly illustrate the near-total reconstruction of the bridge following an attack (1923) during "The Troubles" (1919-23; The People 24th February 1923, 5).

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