Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athy
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Crom a boo Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cromaboo Bridge
- Coordinates
- 52.99203, -6.98486
- SMR number
- KD035-022008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Spanning the broad S-flowing River Barrow, and a strategically important crossing point. While the first bridge was probably constructed by the Anglo-Normans during the 13th-century, linking the settlements on both sides of the river, the first direct reference to a bridge is not until 1423. The bridge, defended by the adjacent White Castle (KD035-022010-) on the E bank of the Barrow, was damaged and repaired on several occasions in the late medieval period and later, in 1650, during the Confederate Wars. The present bridge was built in 1794 (Bradley et al. 1986a, vol. 1, 43).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 December 2013
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.