Droichead na Sionainne

Droichead na Sionainne—'Bridge of the Shannon'—takes its modern English name from the magnificent sixteen-arch limestone bridge completed in 1757, one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century Irish stone masonry. The townland was previously known as Raghra, an older Irish name that refers to this location on the River Shannon at the borders of Offaly, Roscommon, and Galway. The area's histo...