placenamesLeixlip
Léim an Bhradáin
An eighteenth-century crossing preserves evidence of the people who shaped its stonework.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Léim an Bhradáin · Irish · main form
- Leixlip · English · main form
Place & story
A bridge for the Kinnegad road
The architectural inventory dates Leixlip Bridge to 1732–1734 and connects its construction with the 1732 Act for repairing the road from Dublin to Kinnegad. Three round arches carry the crossing over the River Liffey. Triangular cutwaters divide the spans, while dressed limestone forms the arch stones and keystones. Masons’ marks remain on these carefully worked blocks, recording traces of the craft involved in building the bridge. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Kildare
- Barony
- Salt North
- Civil parish
- Leixlip
- Coordinates
- 53.36989, -6.50282
- Mapped area
- 2.52 km²
- Logainm ID
- 25406 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Leixlip. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Leixlip Bridge, NIAH 11804078 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-09-08. How this page was prepared.