County Offaly - Wed Nov 08 13:42:26 GMT 2017

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Daingean, County Offaly 14808024 Reg. No. 14808024 Date 1795 - 1805 Previous Name N/A Townland TOWNPARKS (LO. PH. BY.) County County Offaly Coordinates 247314, 227730 Categories of Special Interest ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICAL Rating Regional Original Use quay/wharf In Use As quay/wharf   Description Stone built quay, constructed c.1800, running under Molesworth Bridge, along edge of canal. Retaining wall runs along upper part of canal. Quay downstream to west has been renovated c.2000. Appraisal This quay forms an interesting group of related canal structures with the canal store and Molesworth Bridge. The structure is an integral part of the canal system which came to Daingean, or Philipstown as it was formerly known, in 1796. The survival of such structures is a reminder of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century advances in inland water navigation.   Back To Results