Thomond Bridge
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/thomond-bridge-37553.html|title=Thomond Bridge in Limerick, Ireland|website=GPSmyCity}} The old medieval Thomond Bridge, of fourteen arches, sat on the same site as the current bridge,{{sfn|Lewis|1837}}{{cite web|url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Media,4047,en.pdf |title=The District of Thomondgate |publisher=Limerickcity.ie |accessdate=2012-11-25}} near the 13th-century King John's Castle.{{Cite web|url=https://limerickslife.com/thomond-bridge/|title=Thomond Bridge - The Bridge of Many Arches • Limerick Places |website=LimericksLife.com|first=Sharon |last=Slater |date=April 18, 2010}} 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
File:John Castle Limerick-seabhcan.jpg, with King John's Castle in the background.]]
The current bridge, of seven arches, was built in 1836,{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21508001/thomond-bridge-castle-street-high-road-limerick-municipal-borough-limerick-limerick|title=Thomond Bridge, LIMERICK MUNICIPAL BOROUGH, Limerick, LIMERICK|website=Buildings of Ireland}} replacing the earlier structure while incorporating its pier foundations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archiseek.com/2011/thomand-bridge-limerick/|title=1836 – Thomond Bridge, Limerick | Archiseek - Irish Architecture|date=May 2, 2011}} The bridge now forms part of the R445 (formerly the N7), carrying traffic on the Northern Relief Road.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/limerick-bridge-tragedy-inquest-hears-29821512|title=Limerick bridge tragedy inquest hears of valiant efforts to save stonemasons|first=David|last=Raleigh|date=April 26, 2023|website=Irish Mirror}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|url=http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/killely1837.htm
|last=Lewis|first=Samuel|title=County Clare: A History and Topography|year=1837|chapter=Killely, or Killeely|access-date=2014-04-04}}
External links
- [https://www.loc.gov/item/2020682343/ Thomond bridge and King John's Castle record] at Library of Congress
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