placenamesTassagh
An Tasach
An eleven-arched viaduct carries the memory of the Armagh–Keady railway across the Callan River.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Tasach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Tassagh · English · main form
Place & story
Across the Callan
Tassagh Viaduct extends about 570 feet across the Callan River, rising more than 70 feet above it. Its eleven arches span 45 feet apiece and rest on concrete piers, with brick facing on the arches, walls and parapets. A local historical society photograph taken in September 1993 recorded the structure after ivy removal and repointing. Its accompanying account notes that the railway closed in 1957 and that the viaduct had been listed as a historic building. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Tassagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tassagh Viaduct, Our Own Place Photographic Project, OOP_U11/9, 25 September 1993 · Keady and District Historical Society; National Library of Ireland; photograph by Trevor Geary
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-12-20. How this page was prepared.