Weir in Longmeadows, County Dublin

What is recorded here

Weir in Longmeadows used to serve cloth-making, wool-processing and malting; now there’s a boat club on one bank and private apartments on the other. The Liffey has retired from washing everyone’s wool and taken up rowing, but it still hasn’t saved enough for the north bank.

Diagonal-plan weir structure, built c.1780, located on River Liffey, opposite Phoenix Park. Ramped profile and of masonry construction. Sluice located to centre. Boat club to south bank, private gated apartments to north bank.

A late eighteenth-century weir associated with a range of industrial uses adjacent to the site, including calico production, wool processing, and malting. No longer in industrial use, the weir provides context to this part of the Liffey, which once accommodated a range of industries. It forms an attractive feature in an area which retains its open, semi-rural aspect.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 50060326

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