Dripsey Castle Bridge is situated 1.34 km (0.83 mi) north-west of Dripsey village and derives its name from nearby Dripsey Castle.[1] Depicted on both the 1841 and 1901 surveyed OS maps, it spans a section of the Delehinagh River. The bridge is located at the meeting point of Carrignamuck and Meeshal townlands,[2] and lies within the civil parish of Magourney and Catholic parish of Aghabullogue.
Dripsey Castle Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 51°55′47″N 8°45′40″W / 51.92972°N 8.76111°W |
| Crosses | Delehinagh River |
| Locale | Carrignamuck/Meeshal, County Cork, Ireland |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Triple-arch stone bridge |
| History | |
| Built | c. 1780 |
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In the Ordnance Survey name book of c. 1840, it is referred to as a small stone bridge, one-eight of a mile to the south-west of Hayfield House. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a triple-arch humpback road bridge built c. 1780. It has rubble stone walls, concrete capping to the parapet, arches with dressed stone voussoirs, and v-shaped cutwaters on its east and west elevations.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "Dripsey Castle Bridge, Carrignamuck, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
- ^ Power, Denis; et al. (1997). Archaeological inventory of county Cork, volume 3. Dublin: Stationery Office.