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This list of bridges in the Republic of Ireland lists bridges of particular historical, scenic, architectural or engineering interest. Road and railway bridges, viaducts, aqueducts and footbridges are included.

Historical and architectural interest bridges

	Name	Irish	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	County	Ref.
1	King John's Bridge	Droichead Eoin Shasana	Reputed to be Ireland's oldest surviving bridge		Masonry 1 semi-circular arch	Griffeen River	1199 to 1216	Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan 53°20′55.2″N 6°26′21.3″W / 53.348667°N 6.439250°W / 53.348667; -6.439250 (King John's Bridge)	South Dublin	^[1] ^[2]
2	Old Weir Bridge		Killarney National Park		Masonry 3 semi-circular arches	Lakes of Killarney	16th century	Killarney 52°00′27.2″N 9°32′58.1″W / 52.007556°N 9.549472°W / 52.007556; -9.549472 (Old Weir Bridge)	Kerry	^[3] ^[4]
3	Green's Bridge		Architectural Heritage		Masonry 5 elliptical arches, limestone	Road bridge River Nore	1766	Kilkenny 52°39′28.9″N 7°15′13.2″W / 52.658028°N 7.253667°W / 52.658028; -7.253667 (Green's Bridge)	Kilkenny	^{[B 1]} ^[5]
4	Brickeen Bridge		Killarney National Park		Masonry 1 pointed arch	Lakes of Killarney	18th century	Killarney 52°00′54.7″N 9°32′50.7″W / 52.015194°N 9.547417°W / 52.015194; -9.547417 (Brickeen Bridge)	Kerry	^{[S 1]} ^[6]
5	Lucan Bridge	Droichead Leamhcáin	Largest single span masonry bridge in Ireland Span : 34 m (112 ft)		Masonry 1 segmental arch	Road bridge River Liffey	1814	Lucan 53°21′36.0″N 6°26′46.4″W / 53.360000°N 6.446222°W / 53.360000; -6.446222 (Lucan Bridge)	South Dublin	^{[B 2]} ^[7]
6	Ha'penny Bridge	Droichead na Life	First cast iron bridge over the Liffey in Dublin Architectural Heritage	43 m (141 ft)	Arch Cast iron arch, wooden deck	Footbridge River Liffey	1816	Dublin 53°20′46.8″N 6°15′47.2″W / 53.346333°N 6.263111°W / 53.346333; -6.263111 (Ha'penny Bridge)	County Dublin	^{[B 3]} ^{[S 2]} ^[8] ^[9]
7	Seán Heuston Bridge	Droichead Seán Heuston		30 m (98 ft)	Arch Cast iron deck arch	Luas (Red Line) River Liffey	1828	Dublin 53°20′50.7″N 6°17′30.6″W / 53.347417°N 6.291833°W / 53.347417; -6.291833 (Seán Heuston Bridge)	County Dublin	^{[B 4]} ^{[S 3]} ^[10]
8	Boyne Viaduct	Tarbhealach na Bóinne	Architectural Heritage	540 m (1,770 ft)	Truss Iron, masonry piers	Belfast–Dublin line River Boyne	1855	Drogheda 53°43′00.1″N 6°20′14.8″W / 53.716694°N 6.337444°W / 53.716694; -6.337444 (Boyne Viaduct)	Louth	^{[S 4]} ^[11]
9	Rory O'More Bridge	Droichead Ruaraí Uí Mhóra		29 m (95 ft)	Arch Cast iron deck arch	Road bridge River Liffey	1859	Dublin 53°20′48.3″N 6°17′02.5″W / 53.346750°N 6.284028°W / 53.346750; -6.284028 (Rory O'More Bridge)	County Dublin	^{[B 5]} ^{[S 5]} ^[12]
10	James Joyce Bridge	Droichead James Joyce	Designed by Santiago Calatrava	40 m (130 ft)	Arch Steel tied arch Bow-string bridge	Road bridge River Liffey	2003	Dublin 53°20′47.9″N 6°16′57.3″W / 53.346639°N 6.282583°W / 53.346639; -6.282583 (James Joyce Bridge)	County Dublin	^{[B 6]} ^{[S 6]}
11	Seán O'Casey Bridge	Droichead Sheáin Uí Chathasaigh	IStructE Award for Pedestrian Bridges 2006	100 m (330 ft)	Cable-stayed Steel deck and pylons Swing bridge	Footbridge River Liffey	2005	Dublin 53°20′50.6″N 6°14′52.8″W / 53.347389°N 6.248000°W / 53.347389; -6.248000 (Seán O'Casey Bridge)	County Dublin	^{[B 7]} ^{[S 7]} ^[13]
12	Lacy Bridge				Arch Steel tied arch	Footbridge River Boyne	2005	Drogheda 53°42′50.7″N 6°20′50.5″W / 53.714083°N 6.347361°W / 53.714083; -6.347361 (Lacy bridge in Drogheda)	Louth	^{[S 8]}
13	Samuel Beckett Bridge	Droichead Samuel Beckett		123 m (404 ft)	Cable-stayed Steel box girder deck, steel pylon Swing bridge 95+28	Road bridge River Liffey	2009	Dublin 53°20′49.1″N 6°14′28.8″W / 53.346972°N 6.241333°W / 53.346972; -6.241333 (Samuel Beckett Bridge)	County Dublin	^{[B 8]} ^{[S 9]} ^[14]

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

	Name	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	County	Ref.
1	River Suir Bridge	230 m (750 ft)	465 m (1,526 ft)	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylon 230+91+66+42	N25 road (Waterford Bypass) River Suir	2009	Waterford 52°16′44.7″N 7°09′01.2″W / 52.279083°N 7.150333°W / 52.279083; -7.150333 (River Suir Bridge)	Waterford Kilkenny	^{[S 10]} ^[15]
2	Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge	230 m (750 ft)(x2)	887 m (2,910 ft)	Extradosed Concrete box girder deck, 3 concrete pylons 95+2x230+95	N25 road (New Ross Bypass) River Barrow	2020	New Ross–Glenmore 52°21′23.9″N 6°59′36.5″W / 52.356639°N 6.993472°W / 52.356639; -6.993472 (Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge)	Wexford Kilkenny	^[16] ^[17]
3	Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge	170 m (560 ft)	352 m (1,155 ft)	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylon 170+42	M1 motorway River Boyne	2003	Drogheda 53°43′07.1″N 6°23′48.8″W / 53.718639°N 6.396889°W / 53.718639; -6.396889 (Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge)	Louth Meath	^{[S 11]} ^[18]
4	William Dargan Bridge	108 m (354 ft)	185	Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylon 108+21	Luas (Green Line) River Slang R112–R117 roads	2004	Dundrum 53°17′35.3″N 6°14′45.9″W / 53.293139°N 6.246083°W / 53.293139; -6.246083 (William Dargan Bridge)	Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown	^{[S 12]} ^[19]

List of bridges in Dublin

Name	Locality	Date	Notes
Anna Livia Bridge	Chapelizod	1753	Spans the River Liffey
Annesley Bridge	Fairview	1926	Spans the River Tolka
Ball's Bridge	Ballsbridge	1791	Spans the River Dodder
Broom Bridge	Cabra		Crosses the Royal Canal
Butt Bridge		1932	Spans the River Liffey
Classon's Bridge	Milltown and Dartry	1790s	Spans the River Dodder
Clonskeagh Bridge	Clonskeagh		Spans the River Dodder
Dublinia Arch	Dublinia		Connects Dublinia and Christ Church Cathedral
East-Link	North Wall (Dublin) and Ringsend	1984	Officially the Tom Clarke Bridge^[20] Spans the River Liffey
Farmleigh Bridge	Strawberry Beds	1870s	Spans the River Liffey
Father Mathew Bridge		1816	Spans the River Liffey
Frank Sherwin Bridge		1982	Spans the River Liffey
Grattan Bridge		1750s	Spans the River Liffey
Ha'penny Bridge		1816	Cast-iron footbridge over the River Liffey
Islandbridge	Phoenix Park	1793	Spans the River Liffey
James Joyce Bridge		2003	Spans the River Liffey
Liffey Railway Bridge	Heuston	1877	Wrought iron Box truss railway bridge over the River Liffey
London Bridge		1857	Spans the River Dodder
Loopline Bridge		1891	Wrought iron railway bridge over the River Liffey
Mellows Bridge		1764	Spans the River Liffey
Millennium Bridge		1999	Steel pedestrian bridge over the River Liffey
Milltown Bridge	Milltown		Spans the River Dodder
New Bridge			Spans the River Dodder
Nine Arches Bridge	Milltown	1859	Light Rail bridge over the River Dodder
O'Connell Bridge		1794	Spans the River Liffey
O'Donovan Rossa Bridge		1818	Spans the River Liffey
Ringsend Bridge		1812	Spans the River Dodder
Rory O'More Bridge		1859	Iron bridge over the River Liffey
Rosie Hackett Bridge		2014	Concrete bridge over the River Liffey
Samuel Beckett Bridge	Docklands	2009	Cable stayed bridge over the River Liffey
Seán Heuston Bridge		1828	Cast iron bridge over the River Liffey
Seán O'Casey Bridge		2005	Pedestrian swingbridge over the River Liffey
Talbot Memorial Bridge		1978	Spans the River Liffey
William Dargan Bridge	Dundrum	2004	Cable stayed Light Rail bridge over the R112 and R117 roads and the River Slang

List of bridges in the rest of Ireland

Name	County	Locality	Date	Notes
Athlone Railway Bridge	County Westmeath	Athlone	1851	Railway bridge across the River Shannon
Ballinadihy Bridge	County Cork	Aghabullogue		Stone bridge crossing the Delehinagh River
Banagher bridge	County Offaly and County Galway	Banagher	1843	Crosses the River Shannon
Barrow Bridge	County Kilkenny and County Wexford	Cheekpoint	1906	Disused railway bridge across the River Barrow
Boyne Viaduct	County Louth	Drogheda	1855	Railway bridge over the River Boyne
Broadmeadow viaduct	Fingal	Malahide	1930s	Carries the Dublin-Belfast railway line across the Broadmeadow estuary
Carrick Bridge	County Leitrim and County Roscommon	Carrick-on-Shannon	1846	crosses the River Shannon
Colthurst's Bridge	County Cork	Coachford		Stone bridge crossing the Delehinagh River
Dripsey Castle Bridge	County Cork	Dripsey		Stone bridge crossing the Delehinagh River
Farmleigh Bridge	County Dublin	Strawberry Beds	1850s	Disused steel box truss bridge over the River Liffey
Finn Bridge	County Monaghan and County Fermanagh (NI)	Scotshouse	1860s	Spans the River Finn between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
The Joe Dolan Memorial Bridge	County Westmeath	Mullingar, County Westmeath	2010	540m long bridge that crosses the floodplain of the River Brosna and Lacy’s Canal in Mullingar.
Killaloe Bridge	County Clare and County Tipperary	Killaloe and Ballina	C18	Spans the River Shannon
Laune Viaduct	County Kerry	Killorglin	1885	Former railway bridge which carried the Great Southern and Western Railway over the River Laune
Leader's Aqueduct	County Cork	Aghabullogue	c.1860	Ruined. Carried water for irrigation over the Dripsey River
Lifford Bridge	County Donegal and County Tyrone (NI)	Lifford	1964	Spans the River Foyle between the Republic and Northern Ireland
The Living Bridge	County Limerick and County Clare	University of Limerick	2007	Pedestrian footbridge across the River Shannon
Lucan Bridge	County Dublin	Lucan	1814	Spans the River Liffey
Luskin's Bridge	County Cork	Coachford		Stone bridge crossing the River Dripsey
Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge	County Meath & County Louth	Drogheda	2003	Carries the M1 motorway over the River Boyne
Michael Davitt Bridge	County Mayo	Achill Island	1887	Swing bridge linking the Corraun Peninsula to Achill Island
Mullen Bridge	County Kildare	Maynooth	c.1800	Spans the Royal Canal
Old Weir Bridge	County Kerry	Lakes of Killarney	C16	At the "Meeting of the Waters"
Portumna bridge	County Galway	Portumna	1911	Carries N65 across the River Shannon
Quiet Man Bridge (Leam Bridge)	County Galway	Oughterard		Crosses the River Owenriff
Rice Bridge	County Waterford	Waterford	1986	Spans the River Suir
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge	County Wexford and County Kilkenny	New Ross	2020	Spans the River Barrow
Seven Arches Bridge	County Mayo	Newport	c.1892	Former railway bridge over the Newport River
Shannon Bridge	County Offaly and County Roscommon	Shannonbridge	1757	Crosses the River Shannon
West-Link	County Dublin	Blanchardstown	1990	Toll bridge over the River Liffey
Wexford bridge	County Wexford	Wexford	1959	Crosses the River Slaney

Notes and references

"Bridgesofdublin.ie". Dublin City Council.

Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.

Others references

^ "King John's Bridge in the Demense Lucan". southdublinlibraries.ie. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "Restoration of King John's Bridge". South Dublin County Council. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ "Old Weir Bridge". Killarneyguide.ie. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Old Weir Bridge, Glena, Kerry". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Green's Bridge, Gardens (St. Canice Par.), Kilkenny, Kilkenny". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Brickeen Bridge, Muckross, Kerry". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Lucan Bridge, Lucan Road Lower, Lucan and Pettycanon, Lucan, Dublin". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "OHa'penny Bridge/Liffey Bridge, Dublin, Dublin". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ Phillips, Hamilton, 2003, p.167
^ "Seán Heuston Bridge, Steevens's Lane, Wolfe Tone Quay/Victoria Quay, Dublin 8, Dublin". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Boyne Viaduct, Yellowbatter, Drogheda, Louth". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Rory O'More Bridge, Dublin 2/7, Dublin". Buildingsofireland.ie - National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "IStructE Award for Pedestrian Bridges 2006 Winner - Sean O'Casey Pedestrian Bridge". Istructe.org. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
^ Cutter, Jerry; Flanagan, John W.; Brown, Philip; Rando, Mario; Mo, Gaute (September 2011). "Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin, Ireland". Bridge Engineering. Issue 3. Vol. 164. pp. 133–144. doi:10.1680/bren.2011.164.3.133. ISSN 1478-4637. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "River Suir Bridge – Symbolic Gateway" (PDF). Waterfordcity.ie. N25 Waterford Bypass Scheme. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2012.
^ The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge (PDF). e-mosty Issue 2. June 2020. pp. 7–15. ISSN 2336-8179. Retrieved 8 November 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge in New Ross wins the vehicle bridge award from the British "Institution of Structural Enginners"". Cfcsl.com - Carlos Fernandez Casado, S.L. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ O’Donovan, Joe; Wilson, Keith; Maher, Pat (March 2003). The Design and Construction of the Boyne Bridge (PDF). Institution of Engineers of Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2007. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ O’Donovan, Joe; Wilson, Keith; Dempsey, Tony (January 2003). The Design and Construction of Taney Bridge, Dundrum (PDF). Institution of Engineers of Ireland. Retrieved 8 November 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ "Ceremonies mark executions of 1916 leaders". rte.ie. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2021.

External links

"Cable-Stayed Bridges of Europe... and Beyond (Ireland)". Pwpeics.se. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017.
"Suspension Bridges of Ireland". bridgemeister.com.