- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 12402711
Glory Bridge
About Glory Bridge
The National Inventory rates Glory Bridge Regional, one of 9 in Kells. Glory Bridge dates from 1765–1785. 2 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Representing an important element of the mid to late eighteenth-century civil engineering heritage of County Kilkenny an elegantly-composed bridge makes a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the River Glory.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 12402711 · 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 · 12402711↗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 5 minutes
Kells · about 300 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Glory BridgeStart here
- 2Miller's house, Killinny Corn MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 3Killinny Corn MillRegional rating (NIAH) · next door
Walls, gates and bridges on the record near Kells
Start with “Bridge, Cotterellsbooly, Ennisnag, Lawcus” in Stoneyford, 4 km away. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Blackfriars' Bridge in Kilkenny is the farthest, at 13 km.
Questions about Glory Bridge
Is Glory Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 12402711).
Can you visit Glory Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Glory Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1765–1785.
Is Glory 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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