Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sarah Bridge
- Coordinates
- 53.34730, -6.30912
- SMR number
- DU018-020274-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1577 a stone bridge was built on a natural fording point known as 'Kilmehanoc'. It was built on the site of an earlier stone bridge built in the mid -15th century and swept away by a flood in 1545 (Litton-Falkiner 1904, 45). Thisbecame known as Kilmainham bridge (De Courcey 1996, 202-203). It had eight unequal arched spans. This bridge is shown as 'An arched stone Bridge cross the River Liffey' on the Down Survey (1655-6) maps. It collapsed in the late 18th century and was replaced by Sarah Bridge.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.