Glengarriff, IRELAND - Cromwell's Bridge - County Cork

Description

Glengarriff, IRELAND - Cromwell's Bridge - County Cork: Glengarriff (Irish: Gleann Garbh, meaning "Rough glen") is a village of approximately 800 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it boasts many natural attractions. It sits at the northern head of Glengarriff Bay, a smaller enclave of Bantry Bay. Cromwell's Bridge was a stone arch bridge with overlying driveway that crossed the river Glengarriff just off the estuary at the same named place in the Irish County Cork . The bridge is also known under the name Keamagower , which is called in Irish Céim Ghabhair (goat path ). Only a semicircular arch is left on the southern bank of the river, which protrudes about eight meters into the river and has a width of 3.55 m. The 1840 resulting drawing by Bartlett, it was originally five arches. From the middle arch some keystones are preserved. The tapered ends of the stream piers , which served to break the waves, stretched to the full height of the bridge. Until the middle of the 19th century Glengarriff was practically only reachable by sea. The few paths and also this bridge served only the cattle drive, pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages . The bridge was probably built by the settled in the 17th century Glengarriff English settlers. Oliver Cromwell , who recaptured Ireland from 1649 to 1653 and to whom the bridge refers by name, was never in Glengarriff. It was not uncommon, however, to provide bridges and structures of the Englishman of that time with the name Cromwell. Other examples near Glengarriff are Cromwell's Road, a disused stone-paved path, and another Cromwell's Bridge over a mountain stream at Shrone Hill. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. Published by R. Harvey. Poulgorm Hotel. Glengarriff.