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Bridge and Stronghold - The following plates are not lettered and therefore not authentic, Athy, Co. Kerry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 2 older comments, and then…
• O Mac said:

  www.google.de/maps/@52.9914353,-6.9843918,3a,34.7y,29.17h...

• beachcomber australia said:

  In 2010 via roaming paddy . And the inscription on the middle of Cromaboo bridge via National Library of Ireland on The Commons, see comments -

• John A. Coffey said:

  Crom a Boo, known to Historians as the war cry of the Fitzgeralds. but to every Athy person it means just one thing - the graceful humped-back bridge which spans the River Barrow in the centre of the town. On the 23rd May, 1796 the first stone of the new bridge was laid by Robert Duke of Leinster. Crom a Boo Bridge while still in its infancy was to witness many cruel acts. Trial by Court Martial was a common occurrence in Athy during the months of May and June 1798. Seven men were tried, convicted and hanged in the town in the early days of June. ----- Frank Taaffe, Athy.

• beachcomber australia said:

  Much less ivy / creeper on White's Castle than here - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332526 - or here (late 1920s) -

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Thanks all - tags/map/etc all updated!