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Trains at station, Valentia Harbour, Co. Kerry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • O Mac said:
    25" OSI Streetview
  • Niall McAuley said:
    50 years or so after this one:
    Next stop, America!
  • O Mac said:
    A Mr Michael Kenna would have been station master at the time. www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/7653446174/in/photolist-cE...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    There's a description of the last day of the railway here under "Caherciveen Closure." "The 39½ mile branch line from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour - one of the most scenic lines in Ireland - was closed to all traffic on and from February 1. As January 31 was a Sunday the last trains ran on Saturday, January 30, a day on which the Kerry weather, true to form, provided rain almost without a break throughout the day"
  • Mossy Carey said:
    The location is Renard Point. The Royal Hotel and other buildings in Knightstown, Valentia are to be seen across the harbour. A famous restaurant and bar are at The Point today and a fish processing plant. A modern ferry runs to Valentia on a constant basis during daylight in the summer. The Royal Hotel in Valentia is still in business and thriving. There are now plans afoot to create a cycleway where the trains once ran.

Viaduct, distant view, Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

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  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    From today on we will revert to just the one shot per day. What we will do from time to time in the future is run a theme. If any of our regular Flickroonies would like to suggest a favourite subject then we will do our best to oblige subject to availability of suitable material of course! Mary
  • derangedlemur said:
    Streetview: www.google.ie/maps/@52.106494,-9.782709,3a,19.6y,351.81h,... and www.google.ie/maps/@52.109095,-9.785569,3a,37.3y,48.08h,8...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    NIAH entry on the viaduct.
  • Beara Peninsula said:
    January 24 1960 was a Sunday. Probably unknown to the owner of the Pinto --- on that very same day In Japan The Democratic Socialist Party was formed by Nishio Suehiro and 52 other members of Parliament who had formerly been in the Japan Socialist Party. The DSP lasted until 1994.
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    The viaduct formed part of the Great South and western Railway's route that ran from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour. The railway closed on 1st February 1960 and was officially wound up 5 months later. Today, the bridge is open for use as a footpath. There has been talk recently of re-opening this railway as a single track line to Caherciveen along the north section of the Ring of Kerry due to the spectacular scenery along that route.http://www.geograph.ie/photo/3208537 Five-span rock-hewn limestone-built railway viaduct over river, opened 1885, comprising single-arch sections to east and to west with limestone and red brick voussoirs and three-span section to centre with bow-string cast-iron girders on tapered limestone piers. Designed by S.G. Frazier. Repaired in 1950. Closed in 1960. Renovated in 1993, to accommodate use as footbridge. Spans two townlands.http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=KE&regno=21400701