Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bridge
Shrule, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shrule
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Shrule Br.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shrule Br.
- Coordinates
- 53.55271, -7.79700
- SMR number
- LF026-030001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Spanning the Inny River. In 1682 ‘Sir Connell Ferral Knight' erected 'a wooden bridge over the River Einey [Inny] at a place called Srooher [Shrule] from the Rapidness of the River in that place' (Gillespie and Moran 1991, 211). No visible remains survive but the present bridge was probably built on its site. The latter bridge, of concrete construction, dates to the 20th century.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 September 2012
References
Gillespie, R. and Moran, G. (eds.) 1991 Longford: essays in county history. Dublin. Lilliput Press.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.