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Killaloe Bridge

County Tipperary, IE

Killaloe Bridge

Killaloe Bridge is a bridge over the River Shannon between Ballina in County Tipperary and Killaloe, County Clare in Ireland. Built on the site of an earlier structure (dating to c. 1650), the eighteenth-century bridge has thirteen arches and includes a lifting section that was added in 1929. Follow

ing the opening of a new road bridge nearby in May 2025, Killaloe Bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in October 2025 and is open only for pedestrians and cyclists. The bridge is a protected structure, listed on the Record of Protected Structures by both Clare County Council (#210) and Tipperary County Council (#S672).

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