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Spiddal Bridge — An Spidéal [Spiddle]

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Spiddal Bridge — An Spidéal [Spiddle]
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Three-arch road bridge, rebuilt 1894 and possibly incorporating fabric of bridge of c.1670, spanning Abhainn Bhoth Loiscthe [Owenbolisky]. Rusticated limestone block walls, piers and abutments built to courses with snecked rubble to parapets with recent crenellated copings. Rusticated limestone voussoirs to segmental arches and having U-cutwaters. Inscribed plaque to south elevation of parapet reads ‘Built 1894 P Mc Donagh Contractor’ and second reads ‘Spiddal Bridge First built 1670 Rebuilt 1894 Widened 1981’.

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