placenamesGoats Bridge
Droichead na nGabhar
The humpback bridge gives Goatenbridge its principal historic landmark.
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
- Droichead na nGabhar · Irish · main form · validated name
- Goats Bridge · English · main form
- Goatenbridge · English · main form · local name
Place & story
The river crossing
The National Inventory dates Goats Bridge to about 1840. Five elliptical stone arches carry the road across the River Tar, with the centre arch rising wider and higher than its neighbours. A separate concrete flood opening lies at the southern end. Pointed cutwaters face upstream; dressed limestone around the arches contrasts with the rougher rubble walls. The inventory compares its steep humpback form with work by county engineer Samuel Jones, without making a firm attribution. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Civil parish
- Ballybacon
- Within
- Curragh
- Within
- Knockballiniry
- Within
- Poulatar
- Coordinates
- 52.27483, -7.87170
- Logainm ID
- 1411283 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Goats Bridge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Goats Bridge, Knockballiniry — NIAH 22208809 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.