Formoy bridge over the Black-water

Artist(s): Thomas Dineley (Draughtsman)

View of multi-arched bridge over the River Blackwater, at Fermoy, seen from the east looking up-river. It appears to be composed of different sections, alternating wood and masonery. There is a single-masted boat below the bridge, with some buildings to the right and steep hills in the background. To the left there is an indication of what may have been a mill race or fish pass.<br>The bridge drawn by Dineley was replaced in 1689 by a 13-arch stone bridge, at a cost of £7500, and this was rebuilt in 1864-1865.<br>Sources: <br>Charles Smith, <em>The Antient and Present State of the County and City of Cork</em> (Dublin: A. Reilly, 1750), p. 355 <br>Archaeological Survey, at http://webgis.archaeology.ie/NationalMonuments/FlexViewer/, record CO035-073. Accessed 13.12.2014.

Inscribed in Image

  • Caption within boundaries of image – Formoy bridge over the Black-water

Image Details

Genre Landscape
Technique Pen and ink drawings
Subject(s) Architecture
Geographical Location
  • Cork – Town or city
  • Fermoy – Town or city
  • Fermoy Bridge – Named locality
  • Munster – Province
Keyword(s) Birds, Boats, Bridges, Buildings, Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Ships
Colour Monochrome
Dimensions 9.5 cm x 9.5 cm
Published / created 1681

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland
Contributor(s)
Print or manuscript Manuscript
Location of image in copy p. 217
Source copy National Library of Ireland MS 392
Permalink https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1375107710
Rights Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

From Michaels Town to Manning a small house pleasant in Scituation* [in margin: *upon a river & neer a Ford] the estate of Mr Robert Fennel is five miles. Whence to Formoy bridg a considerable pass over a River called the Black-Water which see page is almost three miles. <br>[p. 216] From Formoy’bridg to a fair English like Town in the county of Waterford called TALLOUGH is 8 miles, in going to which you leave on your left hand CASTLE-LIONS a fair seat commanding a Market Town belonging to the Lord Barry Lord Viscount Buttevant Earle of Barrimore. <br>[…] <br>[p. 217] <br>[…] <br>[image: Formoy bridge over the Black-water] <br>Five miles from Michel Town belonging to the Lord Kingstone is Manning in the hands of M<sup>r</sup> Robert Fennel, whence to Formoy is two miles in the way to Youghall which is 16 miles further [pp. 215-217]
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