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Drung Hill, Co. Kerry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Pechristener said:
    Farranfore to Valentia Harbour railway in service from 1893 till 1960. It was the most Western railway in Europe.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Pechristener Thanks for the dating info, I've changed the date on this one too! We'll have to start paying you commission - finder's fee for dates...
  • Swordscookie said:
    This is a Railway buffs dream, fantastic shot. I'd imagine it was a nightmare coming back up again?
  • Ciarán Cooney said:
    This is the Great Southern & Western inspection car. It was travelling out the Valentia line as it had just been opened, as noted in 1893. The cutting and soil as you can see is still fresh from the construction.
  • 2c.. said:
    Drung hill was a notable section on this line in having 3 short tunnels in quick succession sitting high on a narrow ledge 270ft over the south shore of Dingle bay and just above the road to Cahirciveen. The line was built under the Light Railway Act of 1889, but it could hardly be called so as it’s costly building (£8,800 a mile) required many sections of heavy engineering, like around distant Drung Hill above. Ironically this part of the line mirrored the northern part of the famous "Ring of Kerry tourist route which gets clogged with large slow moving buses in high season, the railway closing in 1960 just before the age of mass transatlantic tourist travel that might have helped prolonged it's potential. Here's a what remains of the tunnels around the hill, still set above the road for the keen eyed! www.flickr.com/photos/2cme/4953606423/in/set-721576227747... www.flickr.com/photos/2cme/4095848764/in/set-721576227747...

Curves in Cork

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • TJ said:
    wow....... such an architecture style was prevalent already in/around 1893??? amazing ... i have to say that i thought first it's from 50s or 60s!
  • derangedlemur said:
    TJ 1850s
  • derangedlemur said:
    maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,568445,572243,7,9 The curve is plainly visible. Looking from the north.
  • Swordscookie said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons To answer your question Carol, ladies who tried to rise above their station and enter the first class waiting room were given a dose of cold shoulder by those ladies entitled to be there and hot tongue by the waiting room attendant!
  • Wendy: said:
    That is a fabulous image at any time!

September 12, 1962

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Dull Floor said:
    Very interesting photography!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppmus] Thank you!!
  • Eoin said:
    Junction of Ship St and Lower Glanmire Road Google Maps
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Eoin Thanks a million, Eoin! If you have a sec, cast your expert Cork eye over the location for me, and make sure you're happy with it... Have it right at the junction itself - do we need to do a bit of "left a bit, right a bit"??
  • Tom Kennedy said:
    This was the link line that connected Corks mainline station(Kent) with the long gone terminus of the West Cork Railway at Albert Quay. St Patricks church in the background. PS. Note the bell in the drivers hand.