I have added a photo and photo gallery page for the following Cork stations:
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Ballydehob Viaduct
Opened in 1886 as part of the narrow gauge Schull and Skibbereen Light Railway which ran, unsurprisingly, between Schull and Skibbereen in Co. Cork, the 12 arch viaduct over Roaringwater Bay is in excellent condition with a walkway along the top, where trains ran until 1947.
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West Cork Stations
I have updated the Gazetteer for another 3 stations in West Cork, with:
getting a photograph and photos added.
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Tractor wars
RTE reports that the BBC will be showing a documentary this autumn about the fall out between Harry Ferguson (inventor of the modern tractor and native of Northern Ireland) and the Ford motor company.
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The Cong Canal
This post has nothing to add about this venture, an excellent synopsis of which was written by the late Brian J Goggin on irishwaterwayshistory.com.
I was reminded of this just now when looking for information on the navigation planned for Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo – the reason for this being background work I am doing in updating the Gazetteer map to include primary rivers and lakes.
This will allow me to move into the second phase of the Gazetteer – including canals/river navigations therein. These will take the same format as the railway gazetteer (a map with links to pages for specific features and a photo gallery). However, I am planning to also create separate webpages for each canal/navigation.
This will, in no way, attempt to usurp what Brian has done (very few people, least of all me, would be fit to walk in Brian’s footsteps) but will showcase these features in a different way.
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Brigown siding, Co. Cork
Located on the outskirts of Mitchelstown, Brigown siding was a siding and loading bank for military use.
Although not on the current version of the Gazetteer, I have created a page for it.
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Gazetteer update
I have started to update the photos from my recent trips around Ireland. As a result of this:
stations have had a primary photo added as well as a photo gallery.
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Poitin country
The BBC have an article on their website in connection with the historic production of poitin on the Inishowen Peninsula.
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Garrienderk bridge, Limerick
The Limerick Leader has an article in relation to Michael Collins (of Civil War fame) and how he was photographed near the townland of Garrienderk in Limerick, whilst inspecting damage done to the railway bridge there. This was some 2 days before he was murdered,
Locals have arranged to have a plaque commemorating the event created – where this plaque will be erected is not clear as it is quite substantial in size relative to the abutments of the overbridge.
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Share certificates
No, I’m not selling shares or looking for money (I develop and maintain this site as a labour of love).
Many years ago, I purchased half a dozen cancelled share certificates of old Irish companies (5 railway and 1 mining) and I have added a section to the site to display these, which can be found here.
I have also made a few small administrative changes, such as automating the copyright date at the foot of each page, which I have updated a few pages with and will be rolling out to all pages as time progresses.
The IH Venues page has also had a refresh, with the links to such locations now in 2 columns, giving a better look. I took the opportunity to check all links were valid and removed a couple that are no longer present.