Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILKENNY, GRAIGUENAMANAGH, BRIDGE

Name: SEMPLE, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. KILKENNY, GRAIGUENAMANAGH, BRIDGE
Date: 1753-1755
Nature: New bridge over R. Barrow with 7 rusticated arches, oculi and ogee niches. GS engineer for same (but cf. R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, |Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland| (1998), 93-94, who say it is by George Smith).
Refs: B of I files, citing APSD but full ref. not given

Name: SMITH, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. KILKENNY, GRAIGUENAMANAGH, BRIDGE
Date: 1760
Nature: New stone bridge over River Barrow replacing wooden one.(But APSD (where?) says by George Semple,1753-55)
Refs: R.C. Cox & M.H. Gould, Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland (1998), 93-94(illus.)