PUBLISHER Colourpoint Books Colourpoint House, Jubilee Business Park, 21 Jubilee Road, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 4YH, NORTHERN IRELAND

AUTHOR/EDITOR * Author - Charles P Friel * Author - Norman Johnston 

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Published	1998
ISBN	1898392390
Published Price	Stg£11.99
Type	Book

Fermanagh is one of the few counties in Ireland without a public railway (Cavan, Tyrone and Donegal being the others) - a result of the anti rail bias of the Northern Ireland Government in the 1950s and 1960s. This publication is a look at the railways that operated in the county and is written by two well known railway enthusiasts - one a Fermanagh native and the other of Fermanagh ancestry. The map at the start of the book lays out the railways of the county very well as well as those of the surrounding counties that provided the connections into Fermanagh. One of the authors states as fact something that the rest of us have believed - the Northern Irish Government forced adjacent landowners to buy back the railway trackbeds of closed lines to prevent the lines reopening. The initial chapter is devoted to the personal reminiscences of the two authors of their travels to/from/around Fermanagh. A brief history (of 18 pages) of Fermanagh's railways is given and the rest of the book is devoted to photographs. The format adopted is a sensible one of taking each line and its features in sequence. Each station featured has a line diagram of the track layout included. 

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