Croghan Bridge
Birr
About Croghan Bridge
The National Inventory rates Croghan Bridge Regional, one of 295 in Birr. Its record dates Croghan Bridge to 1730–1770. 14 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Located on the boundary of Birr Demesne, this slightly-humpbacked bridge is simple in design and construction, reflecting its age and purpose. Linking counties Tipperary and Offaly, it carries traffic to and from Birr, thus performing a social function by facilitating the transport of people and goods.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 22400527 · 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 · 22400527↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 15 minutes
Birr · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies
Like it: recorded walls, gates and bridges near Birr
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. The nearest is Banagher Bridge in Banagher, 11 km away. Ballyartella Bridge in Puckaun is the farthest, at 31 km.
Questions about Croghan Bridge
Is Croghan Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 22400527).
Can you visit Croghan Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Croghan Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1730–1770.
Is Croghan 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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