Mahon Bridge Droichead na Machan | |
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Village | |
  Mahon Bridge Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°12′18″N7°30′00″W / 52.204998°N 7.500044°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Waterford |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Mahon Bridge (Irish : Droichead na Machan), [1] 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, [2] and the nearest town is Kilmacthomas.
The village had a local shop which is now being leased out to Kilmacthomas' Coach House Coffee and made into Crough Coffee, an additional family owned café and restaurant,a garage and crash repair yard,a historic creamery which is no longer in use.[ citation needed ] aswell as a public woods with a public car park many tourists avail of for recreational activities
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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ]
Stage 2 of the 1998 Tour de France passed through Mahon Bridge.
The village is laid out around a triangular field, from which roads lead to Kilrossanty, Fews, Furraleigh, Briska and Lyre.[ citation needed ]
Archaeological sites 500 meters west of the village: [3]
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