achillisland

Well, 1895 onwards. Loco looks like the ‘Bat’, Class E no. 110, from 1891 Edit: This loco ended its days on the Waterford to Tramore line up to 1961. In service for 70 years. They don’t make them like that anymore!

Station opened 1895. Looks very fresh here, lime on the red brick, zero weeds in the track bed.

In 1901, Robert John Boag was stationmaster, but he was only 27. I think the gent in the bowler is master here and twice that age. Or maybe the man next to him in the fanciest uniform is Boag, and Mr. Bowler Hat is a boss from the railway company?

There are several pics. In L_IMP_3526 there is a torn poster advertising FAIRS AUGUST, and a noticeboard marked GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY??

L_IMP_3528 still has neat stacks of red bricks and roof tiles from construction of the station. {EDIT see below, that is one is Clifden, not Achill]

Streetview of Dooagh beach in Achill.

There is a Dog and a Comedian rowing a boat.

Niall McAuley If you keep on further down the road in your street view, the boats are still there!!

What a great photo. Looks like a very dangerous beach to be launching and landing currachs. Incredibly skillful oarsmen (and some women) in those days. Many thanks.

Looks a bit staged. Sitting into a currach while it is on rocks is and was a thing to be avoided, for obvious reasons.

I was certainly about to suggest Seal Caves before I read the small print. I'll see if I can get a matching pic.

I went on holiday to the Seal Caves campsite a couple of times in my youth.

Though actually, it looks more like Meenawn or Keel...

Dugort, it is: maps.google.ie/maps?q=Dugort+Beach+Holiday+Homes,+Achill&...

Thirty years ago, that was the scruffiest hotel in the known universe btw. I also once caught a weaver fish off the pier there. Not exactly what I'd been hoping for.