greatsouthernandwesternrailway

"When the Dublin-Cork railway was being built in the middle of the 19th century the contemporary Lord Hawarden gave the company 22 miles of free passage through his lands as a result of which the railway line went to Cork via Dundrum and Limerick Junction rather than through Cashel and Mitchelstown. The pay-off for the landlord of Dundrum was a private waiting-room at Dundrum Station and a warning bell in Dundrum House when the train left Gouldscross travelling south or Limerick Junction when travelling north." From here.

Streetview (the building on the left). 25" OSI

This station opened in 1848 - Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Viscount Hawarden was the local Lord at the time. His son was also Cornwallis Maude and was the 4th Viscount Hawarden from 1856, the 4th Baron de Montalt of Hawarden and the 6th baronet Maude. He was created 1st Earl de Montalt of Dundrum in 1886. On his death in 1905 the titles became extinct, so this was not the waiting room of a Lord when O'Dea took the picture, more of a historical note. Edit: I tell a lie - the Earldom became extinct (as his son died in 1881 in the first Boer war) but his cousin Robert Henry Maude inherited his other titles. The house and estate were bought by the Land Commission. The 6th Viscount (also Robert) was killed in action in 1914. The title is now held by Robert Connan Wyndham Leslie Maude, 9th Viscount Hawarden. The station closed in 1976.

The Earl's wife (per wikipedia) was a noted photographer: Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865) was a respected photographer of her time; and some of her early work took place on the family estate at Dundrum and is now part of the collections of the Victoria and Albert museum in London. A Google image search finds many of her photos.

Niall McAuley The earlier title was "reverted" so there was a Baronet Maude in 1961. However, Dundrum House had long been an Industrial School by that point (and is now a hotel) so it still wasn't a Lord's waiting room in 1961.

Monday 10 April happened in 1882, 1893, 1899, 1905, 1911 etc. Guessing 1893 from the look of it ...

Renamed Dublin Heuston 10/04/1966

There was something going on that day as this other, a lot busier, photograph shows four DMP men out in the road. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000067437

beachcomber australia In 1899 the prices for the special passenger train were 7s (first or second class) and 2s 6d (third class) (Freeman's Journal - Saturday 01 April 1899) In 1893 the races were later in April (24th, 25th, 26th)

JS presscuttings Yes; it says "1899" on the Killarney poster!

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

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...

NIAH entry on the viaduct.

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.

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

Ship illustrated is the SS Canada

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Unfortunately, trips were one way, emigrants only

“Vintage travel posters are among the most attractive and among the highlights in this auction is Lot 478, a trans-Atlantic liner poster, for the "Dominion Line" featuring an illustration of SS Canada. It was made for display in "Great Southern and Western Railway" stations, advertising the line's trans-Atlantic schedule for autumn and winter 1900. The poster has added historical interest because these sailing never, in fact, happened.

The SS Canada was taken out of service in mid-1900 to ship troops to Southern Africa to fight in the Boer War and the services advertised on this poster were cancelled as a result. “

www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/fine...

Suck Diesel Lots of records of application for naturalization in subsequent years travelled on the SS New England. Here's one, Cornelius Sheehan, Queenstown to Boston in 1900

None of the dates of sailings in 1900 match the dates on the poster. Perhaps these dates were best guesses, dependent on several factors, of perhaps the applicants had difficulty remembering the exact dates after 19 years.

Suck Diesel The Canada may have been withdrawn, but the New England continued in service as advertised on the poster. Here's the top of the passenger list for the 26th October sailing from Queenstown to Boston, with J James in command.