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Irish bridge: no troubled waters

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / June 30 2000

It is the millennium footbridge with a difference - you are allowed to walk across it and it doesn't wobble. In this little corner of Britain, far, far away from the architectural wonders of Tony Blair's brave new London, is the other millennium bridge. Nonetheless, so far none of the 1,600 odd inhabitants of the village of Kesh in County Fermanagh have reported any tremors, wobbles or "synchronised swaying" as they cross the River Glendurragh.

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