Thomond Bridge is an historic bridge over the River Shannon, not far from its mouth in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland.
Historic bridge
The earliest construction of Thomond Bridge was built near a fording point.[1] The old medieval Thomond Bridge, of fourteen arches, sat on the same site as the current bridge,[2][3] near the 13th-century King John's Castle.[4] The Treaty Stone was placed near to there, symbolising the end of the 1691 Siege of Limerick, during which the bridge was the site of a failed defence of Limerick City.
Current bridge
The current bridge, of seven arches, was built in 1836,[5] replacing the earlier structure while incorporating its pier foundations.[6] The bridge now forms part of the R445 (formerly the N7), carrying traffic on the Northern Relief Road.[7]
References
- ^ "Thomond Bridge in Limerick, Ireland". GPSmyCity.
- ^ Lewis 1837.
- ^ "The District of Thomondgate" (PDF). Limerickcity.ie. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Slater, Sharon (18 April 2010). "Thomond Bridge - The Bridge of Many Arches • Limerick Places". LimericksLife.com.
- ^ "Thomond Bridge, LIMERICK MUNICIPAL BOROUGH, Limerick, LIMERICK". Buildings of Ireland.
- ^ "1836 – Thomond Bridge, Limerick | Archiseek - Irish Architecture". 2 May 2011.
- ^ Raleigh, David (26 April 2023). "Limerick bridge tragedy inquest hears of valiant efforts to save stonemasons". Irish Mirror.
Sources
- Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Killely, or Killeely". County Clare: A History and Topography. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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