St Patrick’s Bridge stone, Cork

Plaque · Cork, County Cork

St Patrick’s Bridge stone, Cork© Kenneth AllenCC BY-SA 2.0

Where

Cork, County Cork

Inscription

OPENED FOR PUBLIC TRAFFIC / ON 12 DECEMBER 1861 / BY SIR JOHN ARNOTT M.P. / MAYOR / SIR JOHN BENSON ENGINEER / JOSHUA HARGRAVE / CONTRACTOR / W. BARNARD CLERK OF WORKS / (a later panel below about the bridge's reconstruction, worn, not read)

The names (4)

The names transcribed so far, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

4 names here are left out of our name search under the 100-year rule, in case they are still living. They join the search by themselves when the time has passed.

  1. Sir John Arnott M.P.

    SIR JOHN ARNOTT M.P.

    Mayor of Cork; mayor; opened the bridge for public traffic on 12 December 1861

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    Cite this name

    St Patrick’s Bridge stone, Cork (Cork, County Cork, Ireland), Plaque, line 1, "SIR JOHN ARNOTT M.P."; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45562/ : accessed 12 November 2026).

    Read from: File:Sir John Arnott plaque, Cork - geograph.org.uk - 4180006.jpg

    Automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked

  2. Sir John Benson

    SIR JOHN BENSON

    Engineer; engineer

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    St Patrick’s Bridge stone, Cork (Cork, County Cork, Ireland), Plaque, line 2, "SIR JOHN BENSON"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45563/ : accessed 12 November 2026).

    Read from: File:Sir John Arnott plaque, Cork - geograph.org.uk - 4180006.jpg

    Automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked

  3. Joshua Hargrave

    JOSHUA HARGRAVE

    Contractor; contractor

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    St Patrick’s Bridge stone, Cork (Cork, County Cork, Ireland), Plaque, line 3, "JOSHUA HARGRAVE"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45564/ : accessed 12 November 2026).

    Read from: File:Sir John Arnott plaque, Cork - geograph.org.uk - 4180006.jpg

    Automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked

  4. W. Barnard

    W. BARNARD

    Clerk of Works; clerk of Works

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    St Patrick’s Bridge stone, Cork (Cork, County Cork, Ireland), Plaque, line 4, "W. BARNARD"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/45565/ : accessed 12 November 2026).

    Read from: File:Sir John Arnott plaque, Cork - geograph.org.uk - 4180006.jpg

    Automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked

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