sarsfieldsbridge

It's gotten a bit rusty. www.google.ie/maps/@53.1937095,-7.9929883,3a,39.1y,103.85...

Between the 1830s and 1900, they moved the drawbridge from the west bank to the east bank: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,600451,715792,11,7 maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,600451,715792,11,9 Also interesting is that they felt the need to fortify the river with a 4-gun battery this far upstream. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,600253,715574,11,7 (Streetview www.google.ie/maps/@53.1903356,-7.9958664,3a,75y,337.81h,...)

17 January 1963 was a Thursday.

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Mr French / Lawrence took a terrific series of photos of the steamer 'Countess Cadogan' going under the swing bridge (just), and steaming off into the distance ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000042760 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000321566 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000321567 Details of the boat - heritageboatassociation.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_conte... Ed. ... and more photos of the 'Countess Cadogan' - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332835 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332837 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000541270 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000541268

It's most likely a steam boat's funnel. ..or off a boiler to do with the boat club...more Crimean cannon!!....which are currently outside the Harbour Master’s office in the Docklands. i1.wp.com/limerickslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/10...

GeoHive OSI 25" link DIA reference Streetview.

Peter the Packer's infamy is still remembered in the West of Ireland where in many cases, and particularly in the case of the Maamtreasna Murders his callous approach resulted in the hanging of innocent men.

This photo from slightly to the left - i0.wp.com/limerickslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/ca... - shows the stack/chimney too. Is it fixed and part of a steam engine to power the bridge and/or locks? From this brief history of the cannon and Viscount Fitzgibbon - limerickslife.com/crimean-war/

Here's a link to a newspaper report from 11th June 1930 describing the monument's destruction. www.limerickcity.ie/media/monuments%20(ftzg%20mon)%2006.pdf More links here: www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFile...

Interesting photo this because not much has changed in the interim. Shannon Rowing Club in the centre still stands though no longer the force it was in Iris rowing. On the left you can see parts of the Limerick Boat Club which is still there also. The portion of the bridge you see once swung in an arc to permit movement of boats and small ship to go beyond what is now Sarsfields Bridge. The statue on the left I was led to believe as a child was the son of the Lord Gough whose statue was blown up a number of times in the Phoenix Park. They were more successful with this one as the poor lad ended up in the Shannon. In fact as phlgils states below it was of John Fitzgibbon who died during the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balacalva! It has been replaced by a memorial to the 1916 uprising having statues of people with local connections therein. The building you can see on the right was either part of or beside Spillanes or Clunes tobacco factory and was still there into the 1950's.

Swordscookie Excellent! Thank you so much for all of this information - all in just one photo, you have a formidable memory...

Going through my favourites and came across this one. This was more the "Quays" than the "docks" in Limerick. I took a photo there just last week www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie/6475948097/in/photostream and as you will see little has changed. The ship is berthed at Harveys Quay in the basin below the swing bridge and may have been waiting for it to open before going up past it.

Swordscookie Amazing! Almost exactly the same spot...

Swordscookie Actually the statue is of John Fitzgibbon who killed in Balaclava in the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1850 www.limerickcity.ie/media/Monuments%20(1916)%20007.pdf and www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/highlights.jsp?county=LI&a... Phil Gilson, Brooklyn NY USA