1851 – MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch, Newry, Co. Armagh
Construction was completed in 1851 for the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company and was the result of collaboration between engineer Sir John MacNeill and constructor William Dargan.
Construction was completed in 1851 for the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company and was the result of collaboration between engineer Sir John MacNeill and constructor William Dargan.
Known locally as the 18 Arches, the bridge was designed by John Benjamin MacNeill, an eminent Irish civil engineer,
Originally constructed for the Drogheda and Dublin Railway Company, this was the first of the four major Dublin Railway termini to be constructed.
A fine little station built at the end of the branch line from Howth Junction on the main Dublin – Belfast route.
A small railway station on the branch line from the main Belfast-Dublin line to Howth. A very simple platform with a cantilevered canopy featuring decorative roundels with the intertwined initials of the Great Northern Railway company who ran this line.
Railway stations on this line to Belfast (Dublin Connolly, Malahide, Drogheda, Dundalk) are of a high quality with good quality ironwork and brick buildings.
A fine little house sited beside the railway station and built for the Station Master. Similar to others built for the Great Northern Railway in other locations.
Designed in a similar style to other stations on this line notably Dundalk and Drogheda,
A fine little house sited beside the railway station and built for the Station Master. Similar to other station master’s houses on this line,
A single-storey Italianate style railway station, built 1853, with three-bay central limestone entrance porch flanked by advanced pedimented single-bays.