- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 40905456
Connaghan's Bridge
About Connaghan's Bridge
The National Inventory rates Connaghan's Bridge Regional, one of 8 in Manorcunningham. Its record dates Connaghan's Bridge to 1780–1820. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
This appealing rustic small-scale double-arched road bridge retains much its early character and form, and is an appealing feature in the landscape to the south-west of Manorcunningham.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 40905456 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 40905456↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 3 historic places in about 10 minutes
Manorcunningham · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Connaghan's BridgeStart here
- 2Pluck Standing StoneArchaeological monument (SMR) · 200 m on
- 3Pluck MillsRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m on
Other recorded walls, gates and bridges around Manorcunningham
Newtown Bridge in Drumkeen is the nearest, at 12 km. The list holds 4, all within 40 km and photographed. Buncrana Castle in Buncrana is the farthest, at 25 km.
Questions about Connaghan's Bridge
Is Connaghan's Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 40905456).
Can you visit Connaghan's Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Connaghan's Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is Connaghan's Bridge protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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