Pollaphuca Bridge
About Pollaphuca Bridge
Pollaphuca Bridge is one of 35 buildings in Ballymore Eustace the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Pollaphuca Bridge to 1820–1840. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
Despite modern work to the eastern parapet this bridge is perhaps the most distinctive structure of its type in the whole county and an important piece of engineering in its own right.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16400901 · 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 · 16400901↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
3 old views of Pollaphuca Bridge
Made before 1950, from 1834 to 1895: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland with no known copyright restrictions. Tap one to see it full screen.
1834
1890–1900
1890–1900From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; each credit is in the viewer.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Ballymore Eustace · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Pollaphuca BridgeStart here
- 2Dry BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
More walls, gates and bridges on the record near Ballymore Eustace
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Closest of all: “Gates, Main Street”, Blessington, 6.7 km away. Farthest out is Sallins Bridge, Sallins, 15 km away.
Questions about Pollaphuca Bridge
Is Pollaphuca Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 16400901).
Can you visit Pollaphuca Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Pollaphuca Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is Pollaphuca 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) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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