{"id":370,"date":"2022-09-19T21:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10045\/?p=370"},"modified":"2022-09-19T21:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T21:07:13","slug":"st-francis-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10045\/st-francis-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"ST FRANCIS BRIDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WOLFE TONE STREET IN KILKENNY SEPTEMBER 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite many protests and legal objections the St Francis Bridge in Kilkenny was opened in 2017 after massive cost overruns. The new bridge provides a direct route for cars and heavy vehicles right through the \u201cMedieval Mile\u201d of the city, splitting St Canice\u2019s Cathedral from the rest of Kilkenny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n