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The town was recorded by the Annals of the Four Masters as Leith Innse, [5] which is a variant of the Irish word for a peninsula leithinis ("half island"), which describes the village's location between the Inagh River and the sea. [6] The town today is mostly spelled "Lahinch", but some road signs in the area use the spelling "Lehinch".
During Queen Victoria's last visit to Ireland in April 1900, she had a 16-course breakfast in the hotel upon disembarkation at Kingstown pier. The hotel was purchased by the 'Neville Hotels' group in 2003 and refurbished in 2007. [19] The hotel bar was rechristened as 'Laurel's Bar' around this time.
Portmagee Pier Great Skellig The village serves as a departure point for tourists travelling to visit ' Skellig Michael ', an island off the coast featuring a 6th-century monastic settlement. Skellig Michael (from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock), also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island in the ...
Stone bridge crossing the Delehinagh River Farmleigh Bridge: County Dublin: Strawberry Beds: 1850s: Disused steel box truss bridge over the River Liffey Finn Bridge: County Monaghan and County Fermanagh (NI) Scotshouse: 1860s: Spans the River Finn between the Republic and Northern Ireland. The Joe Dolan Memorial Bridge: County Westmeath ...
The village includes two hotels, a number of pubs and restaurants, a seasonal petrol station, a pier and slipway, and one store. There are also several sports clubs and a primary school. The village was the overall winner of the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1992.
Union Hall has a Roman Catholic church (built c.1832 and dedicated to St. Bridget) to the south of the village, and a Church of Ireland church close to the village centre (built c.1840). [18] [19] The area around Union Hall is known for its hills, woodlands, rivers and islands. There are a number of small inlets, bays and beaches. [citation needed]
The 230 metres (750 ft) main spans of the bridge are the longest concrete-only extradosed box-girder bridge spans in the world. The spans are equal in length to the main span of the N25 Suir Bridge in Waterford; and four metres shorter the main span of the Foyle Bridge in Northern Ireland, which is 21 metres shorter in total length. The two ...
The bridge's structure consisted of a steel bowstring girder construction with a span of 37 m (120 ft) pivoting on a central pier. The roadway was 2.4 m (8 ft) in width. [3] It was named for Michael Davitt, 19th Century Irish social campaigner, Fenian, and founder of the National Land League. Davitt officially opened the bridge in 1887. [4]