Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballybough Bridge
- Coordinates
- 53.36195, -6.24243
- SMR number
- DU018-022001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Large scale plan of Dublin. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
- 1908 · Dublin, Ireland 1908 (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The present bridge occupies the site of an earlier one constructed over the River Tolka at Ballybough in the beginning of the 14th century(Ball 1920, 158). It was later carried away by a flood. At the end of the 15th-century the City Fathers rode the Franchises of Dublin and crossed at Ballybough bridge. The Civil survey (1654-6) also mentions a bridge at Ballybough(Simington 1945, 178). D'Alton describes an ancient bridge of five rude, unornamented arches where the river empties to the sea (D'Alton 1976, 28(2nd ed). The present bridge is of modern construction.
Nearby in the register
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.