Slane Bridge, County Meath

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Slane Bridge has thirteen arches, with seven pointed ones on the downstream side and round ones elsewhere: a fine stone account of a committee failing to agree. You'd swear the Boyne eventually said, ‘Build both, lads. I'm coming through.’

Thirteen arch masonry bridge, built c.1776. The original bridge dates to the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries but major improvements were carried out on the structure in c.1776 when the weir and mill races were constructed. Seven of the thirteen arches on the down stream section have pointed arch openings while the other arches are all round-headed openings. Breakwaters both on the upstream and downstream sides of the bridge vary in date with the earlier ones on the downstream side.

This bridge is one of the earliest crossings of the river Boyne and comprises of elements from various periods, from the fourteenth century to the present day. The bridge has played an important role in the economic and social life of the village of Slane and remains on the main Slane to Dublin route and is still an busy crossing point on the river Boyne.

The story behind this place

This bridge is one of the earliest crossings of the river Boyne and comprises of elements from various periods, from the fourteenth century to the present day.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14315063

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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