Dripsey Castle Bridge

Dripsey Castle Bridge is situated 3.3 km (2.1 mi) north-east of Coachford village, 1.34 km (0.83 mi) north-west of Dripsey village, and is depicted on both the 1841 and 1901 surveyed OS maps. It is located at the meeting point of Carrignamuck and Meeshal townlands,[1] and lies within the civil parish of Magourney and Catholic parish of Aghabullogue.

Dripsey Castle Bridge
Shown within island of Ireland
LocationCarrignamuck/Meeshal, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates51°55′47″N 8°45′40″W
TypeBridge
History
Foundedc. 1780
Site notes
Public accessYes

In the Ordnance Survey name book (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. The bridge's name derives from nearby Dripsey Castle, Carrignamuck.[2]

See also

References
  1. Power, Denis; et al. (1997). Archaeological inventory of county Cork, volume 3. Dublin: Stationery Office.
  2. "National Inventory of Architectural Heritage".
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