Leighlinbridge
Irish name: Leithghlinn an Droichid
A pretty village gathered around one of Europe’s oldest working bridges, with the Black Castle above the moorings and a long-established riverside inn.
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Leighlinbridge quay
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Max. stay: Up to 5 days at one public mooring with a Combined Mooring and Passage permit
Public quay by the old bridge and the Black Castle in the village centre; length and services not yet checked.
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Lord Bagenal harbour
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Small harbour beside the Lord Bagenal Inn; who may berth here is not yet known, so ask at the inn first.
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Permit needed: up to 5 days at one public mooring
Every boat on the canals and the Barrow needs a Waterways Ireland permit on display. The yearly Combined Mooring and Passage permit allows up to 5 days at any one public mooring; visiting boats can get a free 31-day permit once a year. Permits from Waterways Ireland
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About Leighlinbridge
Leighlinbridge, said “Lock-lin-bridge”, grew up around a strategic crossing of the Barrow. Its bridge, said to have been built in 1320 by a canon of Kildare and known for the valerian growing from its stones, is one of the oldest still in use in Europe; beside it rises the ruined Black Castle, on the site of a Norman fort built to guard the crossing. Waterways Ireland invites boaters to moor here, and the Lord Bagenal Inn, a family-run hotel and restaurant on the bank since 1979, has its own harbour alongside. The village has won the national Tidy Towns award and has pubs, restaurants and B&Bs. The physicist John Tyndall and Captain Myles Keogh, who died with Custer at the Little Bighorn, were both born here. A 3 km towpath walk leads downstream to Bagenalstown.
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Black Castle
Ruined tower house and bawn wall guarding the bridge, on the site of a Norman castle of 1181; seen from the quay and riverside.
Website (opens another website) - Walk
Barrow Way: Leighlinbridge to Bagenalstown
Handy 3 km riverside walk past the Black Castle, the wooded Rathlin Cut and a chain of islands to Bagenalstown.
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Services
The Lord Bagenal Inn
Family-run four-star hotel and restaurant on the riverbank since 1979, known for its food, wine list and art collection.
+353 59 977 4000 lordbagenal.com (opens another website)Not listed yet: eat & drink. Know one? Tell us
Neighbours by water
- Bagenalstown
- Milford Lock Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:22
- Clogrennan Lock Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 07:23
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≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 7.5 km/h and 15 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
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Other sources · Not known “Valerian Bridge, Leighlinbridge” by A.-K. D. · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Leighlinbridge Bridge and Black Castle” by Queenbg77 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Leighlinbridge - The R Barrow, Co Carlow” by Colin Park · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Black Castle, Leighlinbridge” by A.-K. D. · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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