Thomond Bridge
Thomond Bridge is an historic bridge over the River Shannon, not far from its mouth in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland.
Historic bridge
[edit]The earliest construction of Thomond Bridge was built near a fording point.[1] The old medieval Thomond Bridge, of fourteen arches, sat on the same site as the current bridge,[2][3] near the 13th-century King John's Castle.[4] The Treaty Stone was placed near to there, symbolising the end of the 1691 Siege of Limerick, during which the bridge was the site of a failed defence of Limerick City.
Current bridge
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The current bridge, of seven arches, was built in 1836,[5] replacing the earlier structure while incorporating its pier foundations.[6] The bridge now forms part of the R445 (formerly the N7), carrying traffic on the Northern Relief Road.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomond Bridge in Limerick, Ireland". GPSmyCity.
- ^ Lewis 1837.
- ^ "The District of Thomondgate" (PDF). Limerickcity.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Slater, Sharon (18 April 2010). "Thomond Bridge - The Bridge of Many Arches • Limerick Places". LimericksLife.com.
- ^ "Thomond Bridge, LIMERICK MUNICIPAL BOROUGH, Limerick, LIMERICK". Buildings of Ireland.
- ^ "1836 – Thomond Bridge, Limerick | Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 2 May 2011.
- ^ Raleigh, David (26 April 2023). "Limerick bridge tragedy inquest hears of valiant efforts to save stonemasons". Irish Mirror.
Sources
[edit]- Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Killely, or Killeely". County Clare: A History and Topography. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
External links
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