1834
Blackrock
Co. Dublin
Dublin
Dublin & Kingstown Railway Co
railway bridges
Unbuilt Dublin
William Cole
Random Building
1854 – Former Railway Station, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
1834 – Lord Cloncurry’s Tunnel, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Architect: William Cole
Proposal for a tunnel through Lord Cloncurry’s grounds, with pedestrian bridges at either end. In the end, only one footbridge was constructed, the towers of which stand today. At the time of the construction of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, Lord Cloncurry was compensated with a private railway bridge and harbour. His home, Maretimo house, was demolished in 1970.
According to dia.ie, Jeanne Sheehy suggests that bridge, tunnel and temple on estates of Lord Cloncurry and Sir Harcourt Lees are possibly by John Skipton Mulvany, but Frederick O’Dwyer says that bridge has been attributed to William Cole.
