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Tullyconor Bridge

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Tullyconor Bridge
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County Galway, Tullyconor Bridge.
County Galway, Tullyconor Bridge. · Photo: Newbert12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
County Galway, Tullyconor Bridge.
County Galway, Tullyconor Bridge. · Photo: Newbert12 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Suppose two farmers reached Tullyconor Bridge in Tullyconor with loads to move and neither fancied giving way. One had the heavier cart, the other had the longer story about why he was late, and the argument lasted longer than either crossing.

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Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1820, spanning Bunowen River. Comprising round arch with rubble stone voussoirs and gunnelled soffit. Lightly dressed rubble stone piers with flanking stepped-profile buttresses. Radially arranged stonework to spandrels. Rubble stone parapets with curved terminals. Battered stepped-profile rubble stone revetments.
This bridge is a fine example of early nineteenth-century engineering and craftmanship and is one of a group of bridges in Connemara having stepped abutments to a single arch. The arch of this bridge is solidly constructed and the structure is enhanced by the flanking buttresses and the string course which create a visual frame around the arch.

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This bridge is a fine example of early nineteenth-century engineering and craftmanship and is one of a group of bridges in Connemara having stepped abutments to a single arch.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30401103

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