DublinLive.ie has a feature looking at the Guinness Brewery in the 1950s, including images of the building that is now the Storehouse.
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Ballinamore Junction project
The former railway station in Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, was used as a secondary school for many years but ceased to have this function a long time ago as a purpose built school replaced it.
Shannonside are reporting that construction work on redeveloping the complex, to be used as community facilities, has commenced. These will see the complex used as a Digital Hub/Enterprise Centre, Arts Space, Youth Facility, Genealogy/Family Research Centre, Trail Head for the Cavan‐Leitrim Greenway and hard and soft landscaping of the attendant grounds as public open space.
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Clongriffin Station
Many years ago, when the Kildare Route Project was being proposed as Irish Rail’s Celtic Tiger vanity project, I (unsuccessfully) lodged an objection to same, suggesting that an alternative (and cheaper) method of improving capacity between Inchicore and Hazelhatch and Celbridge would be to 4 track the stations and have commuter trains pull into the loops at such stations to allow mainline trains to overtake.
I was out and about in Dublin yesterday, which included taking me to Clongriffin Station. The DART I was on pulled into the loop on the Down side of the station and waited. The reason for this – to allow a Belfast bound train to overtake.
Amazing what can be done when you don’t have access to taxpayers’ money to spaff up against a wall.
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Out and about in Dublin
I spent yesterday riding the rails in Dublin – my first time on a train in over 2 years.
One of the things I noticed was this appalling act of virtue signalling (apologies for the poor quality – daylight was fading when I took this shot):
For the benefit of the slow of learning, there are over 30 studies on the effectiveness of facemasks which show that they make no difference – even where properly applied in a medical setting, never mind when improperly applied and re-used as is the case amongst the sheep.
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Poolbeg Chimneys
RTE is running a series on their website called “100 buildings“, which is a select look at 100 Buildings of 20th Century Ireland.
One of the structures featured is the Poolbeg Chimneys in Dublin.
There is drone footage on Youtube of the former Cork to Macroom railway trackbed visible again, due to low water levels in the reservoir beneath which it lies. What is interesting about the footage is that it was taken by Cork North-West TD Aindrias Moynihan (who said TDs aren’t good for something!)
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Ulster Canal Greenway
The Anglo Celt reports that a public consultation on the next phase of the Ulster Canal Greenway – from Clones to Smithborough – is underway this week.
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Connemara Railway
I found this link on Youtube, which is a video of a test train running on the Connemara Railway track at Maam Cross station in Co. Galway (located on the former Galway to Clifden line which closed in 1935).
The group behind the restoration have a website, but it is more of a running commentary than containing any overriding vision.
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Waterford Greenway extension
RTE is reporting that work is to commence on an extension to the Waterford Greenway – at the Waterford City end of same.
This will extend the Greenway from Bilberry to Waterford City. Unfortunately, this will not re-use the former Suir railway bridge, which remains derelict and out of use.
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Silvermines Hydro
The Irish Times (soft paywall) reports that planning permission will be sought in 2022 for a pumped storage power station at the former Silvermines complex in Co. Tipperary.
The proposed development (the 2nd pumped storage station in Ireland if built) has a website for the project – https://silvermineshydro.ie/.