1862 – Railway Station, Ballymote, Co. Sligo
A variant of Wilkinson’s standard design along this line, Ballymote opened on 3 December 1862.
A variant of Wilkinson’s standard design along this line, Ballymote opened on 3 December 1862.
Similar in design to Dromod Station on the same line by the same architect, this is a fine solid Victorian railway station,
Once the last railway station on the 10km branch of the Midland Great Western Railway that linked Killeshandra with Cavan, via Crossdoney.
Design proposals for artisan dwellings for the Midland Great Western Railway Company adjacent to Broadstone Station in Dublin.
“In our present number we illustrate the design submitted in competition by Mr. John L.
Built in 1878 as a rail terminus for the Midland and Great Western Railway Company, its has been redeveloped as an exhibition and concert venue.
The first station on the Westport to Achill Sound extension was Newport which opened in February 1894, on completion of a nearby tunnel at the end of Newport Station.
The Westport railway line was extended to Achill Sound in the 1890s. and this was one of the so-called ‘Balfour Lines’,
The railway bridge that once carried steam trains through Newport on their way to Achill is now preserved as the Great Western Greenway,
In the 1890s, the Midland Great Western Railway Company was provided with a government grant of £264,000 to build a line from Galway across Connemara to Clifden.