bridges ireland

Gamble's Bridge is situated between Poyntzpass and Jerrettspass. The bridge is known locally as the 'Crack Bridge', as it was a meeting place for all the locals who gathered there to share their 'crack'....

Carrick a Rede: which means the rock in the road, was given this name because the island and adjacent shallow channel between it and the mainland act as a barrier to migrating salmon. They are deflected north into the nets laid by local fishermen who use the bridge to get to the fishery on the island.
A rope bridge has spanned the 60ft gap between the mainland and Carrick a Rede Island for at least 200 years. It is put up in April and remains in place until early September. Grea...

Scarva Bridge:
The existence of Scarva Town is due to the contruction of this bridge. The bridge which stands today was built in 1744, however, it incorporates many parts of the bridge built previous to this date....

The first bleach green in Ulster was established before 1626 at Lambeg a mile downstream, a hamlet with a pretty suspension bridge and church. The hamlet have its name to the big drums which came to Ireland from Holland with the army of William the 3rd. 'Lambegs' are seen and heard in Orange Lodge parades....

If you continue southwards from Killaloe towards Limerick you will shortly (6 km) reach the small village of O' Brien's Bridge. There are two bridges here, one of modern construction over the canal, and the older stone bridge over the river. At this point the flow of the river is obstructed by a massive weir. The bulk of the flow is diverted into an artificial canal - the headrace for the hydro-electric works at Ardnacrusha. The remainder follows the old line of the Shannon, much diminshed fro...

Near south Mall is Parliament Bridge, built in 1806 to commemorate the Act of Union. Walk across the bridge to George's Quay to see Fitzpatrick's second-hand shop, with its bizarre display of bicycles , cartwheels , farm implements and other assorted bric-a-brac on its facade. A short walk away, on Sullivan's Quay, is the Quay co-op , a popular restaurant and meeting-place ....

One of the sights of Galway is hundreds of salmon lying in season in the clear bed of the Corrib river, waiting to go up the river to the spawning grounds. The Salmon Weir is famous in Galway's history.

It was originally granted by Henry III to the Earl of Ulster. The Franciscans held the fisheries until the suppression of the monasteries under Henry VIII, when they were given to the Lynch family. Cromwell dispossessed the Lynches, and the Eyres, who gave their name to Eyre Square, acqui...

At the very hub of the city, O'Connell Bridge, formerly Carlisle Bridge, was built in 1790 as one of the links in the Wide Streets Commissioners' plan to connect north and south with a great axial route. The plan was completed when Westmoreland Street was driven through to College Green a few years later. In 1880 the bridge was widened and is now famous for being about as broad as it is long....

The Ha'penny Bridge:
The elegant metal pedestrian bridge spanning the Liffey between Merchants' Arch and Liffey Street is one of Dublin's best known landmarks. Erected in 1816, it was among the earliest cast-iron structures of its kind, and was named Wellington Bridge.
Although its official title is now Liffey Bridge, it is universally known as the Ha'penny Bridge after the toll levied on its users. No payment is now required to take this delightful route across the rive...

This is one of the famous things to do in Ireland: walk across the narrow, bouncy bridge of planks, holding tight to a wire handrail, 80 feet above the sea and joining a cliff to a precipitous island....