Survey Data
Reg No
31214018
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Claremorris South Railway Station
Original Use
Foot bridge
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
133985, 274580
Date Recorded
03/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Single-span footbridge over railway line, installed 1895[?]; extant 1913. Now disused. Set in grounds originally shared with Claremorris South Railway Station spanning unkempt railway line.
Appraisal
A footbridge supplied by E. [Edward] Manisty (established 1878) of Dundalk surviving as an interesting relic of the Claremorris South Railway Station complex opened (1894) as the terminus of the awkwardly-titled Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Light Railway (ATECLR) line, an extension subsequently subsumed into the Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (WLWR) line operated by the Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (WLWR) Company (incorporated 1845; renamed 1896).