placenamesCastlejordan
Caisleán Shiurdáin
An architectural survey distinguishes the nineteenth-century crossing from older masonry beside it.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Caisleán Shiurdáin · Irish · main form
- Castlejordan · English · main form
Place & story
The crossing in Castlejordan townland
Castlejordan Bridge is recorded by the national architectural inventory as an 1860 road bridge. Its segmental arch and dressed limestone masonry stand between surviving sections of an earlier medieval bridge to the northwest and southeast. The survey draws attention to the different construction methods visible in the older and newer work. The inventory locates the crossing in Castlejordan townland. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlejordan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Castlejordan Bridge, Castlejordan: NIAH 14338005 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-01-20. How this page was prepared.