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Mahon Bridge

Village in County Waterford, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Mahon Bridge
native_name	Droichead na Machan
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
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pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Munster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	Waterford
unit_pref	Metric
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utc_offset1	+0
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coordinates

Mahon Bridge (), also spelled Mahonbridge, is a village in the parish of Kilrossanty in mid County Waterford, Ireland. It is on the R676 road between Carrick on Suir and Dungarvan, and the nearest town is Kilmacthomas, 5 km to the east (7 km by road).

Amenities

The village has a local shop, a garage and crash repair yard, and a historic creamery which is no longer in use.

Toponymy

Mahon Bridge is named for the bridge which crosses the River Mahon at this point, the river running from the Mahon Falls in the Comeragh Mountains to the sea at Bunmahon. Mahon Bridge is well known to walkers and hill climbers who use the village as a jumping-off point for visits to the Falls.

Buildings

In 2009 a hydroelectric power station was completed just upriver from Mahon Bridge. The station is privately owned and is fed from two weirs, one on the Mahon and the other on the Mahon Og, about 2 km upstream of the village. The scheme generates a maximum of 850 kW of electricity to add to the national grid. The turbine house is of a very inconspicuous and low profile design being mostly located below ground level and not visible from the nearby road. The turbine house is located very close to a large ruined mill which was built in the famine years 1845–1848 but which saw little use as a corn mill before being sold. At some stage in the mid 20th century part of it was demolished by Waterford Co. Council and the stone used for road building.

Sport

Stage 2 of the 1998 Tour de France passed through Mahon Bridge.

Location

The village is laid out around a triangular field, from which roads lead to Kilrossanty, Fews, Furraleigh, Briska and Lyre.

Archaeology

Archaeological sites 500 meters west of the village:

A castle owned by Darby O'Brien in 1641 and it was described as a large slate house with a bawn. It is said to have been occupied by a Peter Anthony in 1643 when it was burnt by a party of Royalists under Sir Charles Vavasour. Located in a private garden at the base of Crough Hill. It is not visible at ground level.
An ogham stone originally from the Knockalafalla-Rathgormuck area is now kept at Comeragh Lodge.
A Children's Burial Ground marked only on the 1926 ed. of the OS 6-inch map.
A souterrain South West of the Children's Burial Ground. An area of ground collapse in 2002 led to a stone-lined cavity, which could not be entered but which could be a beehive chamber of a souterrain.

References

"Mahon Bridge/Droichead na Machan".
"Ordnance Survey Ireland Map Viewer".
"Archaeological Survey Database". National Monuments Service.

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