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Dripsey Castle Bridge

Coordinates: 51°55′47″N 8°45′40″W / 51.92972°N 8.76111°W / 51.92972; -8.76111
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Dripsey Castle Bridge
Coordinates51°55′47″N 8°45′40″W / 51.92972°N 8.76111°W / 51.92972; -8.76111
CrossesDelehinagh River
LocaleCarrignamuck/Meeshal, County Cork, Ireland
Characteristics
DesignTriple-arch stone bridge
History
Builtc. 1780
Location
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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.

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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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dripsey Castle Bridge, Carrignamuck, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
  2. ^ Power, Denis; et al. (1997). Archaeological inventory of county Cork, volume 3. Dublin: Stationery Office.
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