- Type
- Bridge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 21900503
Plassy Bridge
About Plassy Bridge
The National Inventory rates Plassy Bridge Regional, one of 21 in Castletroy. Its record dates Plassy Bridge to 1830–1850. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
Plassy Bridge is an interesting example of an early nineteenth-century cast-iron and concrete bridge erected by the Shannon Commissioners. It was constructed on the site of the horse ferry which dated to 1830.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 21900503 · 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 · 21900503↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Plassy Bridge
Castletroy
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded walls, gates and bridges around Castletroy
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Start with Athlunkard Bridge in Corbally and King's Island, 2.1 km away. Farthest out is Bunratty Bridge, Bunratty, 16 km away.
Questions about Plassy Bridge
Is Plassy Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 21900503).
Can you visit Plassy Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Plassy Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1830–1850.
Is Plassy 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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