The first post in what will be many about the extension of DART to Maynooth.
At some point between 10th August and 23rd August, the footbridge at Maynooth station was altered such that the steps on Platform 1 (the Up platform) were moved from the Sligo side of the bridge to the Dublin side.
This has the effect of making a staggered footbridge with the steps on platform 2 (down platform) facing Sligo.
The BBC reports on the unveiling of a blue plaque in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, to commemorate Alexander Orr, who, from the article “is best known for helping finance and arrange construction of New York’s subway system”.
European Heritage Open Days takes place in Northern Ireland on 14th and 15th September 2024.
I was going to create a listing of events, however, the website developers have setup their site to not permit deep linking to specific events. As such, I will not be compiling a list of events.
The BBC have an article about the industries of Roman Britain which is interesting.
RTE One will be showing a documentary programme on Monday 12 August 2024 at 21:35, about the transatlantic cable connecting Valentia Island in Kerry to Newfoundland.
The lighthouse at the Old Head of Kinsale will be open for public tours on 31st August and 1st September 2024.
The cost of entry is €15/adult (family ticket available). No pre-booking is required. The funds raised are for the Lusitania Museum & Old Head Signal Tower.
Culture Night 2024 takes place on 20th September 2024. I’ve had a look through the Culture Night events lists and there isn’t much from an IH perspective – only identifying 2 events as follows:
DUBLIN
Turlough Hill 50th Birthday Bash
KERRY
History & Culture Tour at the Creamery
Both events require pre-booking – the relevant links are on the event pages above.
I have done another review of the Heritage Week listings and have updated the events page to reflect this.
RTE has put an archive segment from 1984 on their website, reporting on the Kilkenny Mills in Kells, Co. Kilkenny.
One of the many things on my to do list is to learn how to fly a drone, given the enormous possibilities it offers in the arena of IH recording.
In advance of that happening (no scheduled date unfortunately), I link to this Youtube channel, by the name of DroneHawk, (I don’t know who the owner/content creator of the site is) which has excellent footage of both recent engineering works, such as the Dunkettle interchange/Foynes railway relaying and footage of historic railway alignments.