1850 – Railway Station, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: John Skipton Mulvany Built in the early 1850s by John Skipton Mulvany, the architect of the sublime Broadstone station in Dublin, the station was burned out during the Irish Civil War. This...
View Article1862 – Dublin-Sligo Railway Station, Dromod, Co. Leitrim
Architect: George Wilkinson The station for the mainline Dublin-Sligo rail route is a grander affair than the local narrow gauge station but still modest in comparison to stations in the larger Irish...
View Article1850 – Broadstone Railway Station, Constitution Hill, Dublin
Architect: John Skipton Mulvany Broadstone harbour’s location was chosen for its proximity to the markets and the law courts. Bolton Street was the preferred site, but high land prices and objections...
View Article1878 – Point Depot, North Wall Quay, Dublin
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. These photographs show it prior to its extensive...
View Article1862 – Railway Station, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Architect: George Wilkinson Similar in design to Dromod Station on the same line by the same architect, this is a fine solid Victorian railway station, devoid of the architectural frivolities of...
View Article1862 – Railway Station, Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Architect: George Wilkinson A variant of Wilkinson’s standard design along this line, Ballymote opened on 3 December 1862. Related Posts: 1862 – Railway Station, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim 1862 –...
View Article1858 – Woodlawn Railway Station, Co. Galway
Architect: George Willoughby Hemans Sited on the main Iarnród Éireann Intercity line from Dublin to Galway, situated between Ballinasloe and Attymon halt stations. Woodlawn railway station opened on 1...
View Article1851 – Former MGWR Station, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: John Skipton Mulvany The MGWR Station or East Station was designed by John Skipton Mulvany and opened in 1851. It closed in 1985 when the station for Athlone was transferred to the newly...
View Article1893 – Corrib Viaduct, Galway
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. The line was opened to Clifden on 1st...
View Article1853 – Great Southern Hotel, Galway
Architect: John Skipton Mulvany Begun 1851, for Midland Great Western Railway Co., and designed by J. S. Mulvany who also designed Ceannt Station to which it is attached. Originally three storeys in...
View Article1915 – Railway Terminus, Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo
Architect: Hoare & Wheeler Unbuilt proposal for a large railway terminus to server a trans-atlantic liner terminal that would have seen Liverpool ousted not just as the transatlantic departure...
View Article1851 – Railway Station, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Architect: George Wilkinson Designed by George Wilkinson for the Midland Great Western Railway in a picturesque Tudor, complete with a variety of tall chimneys and crisp stonework. Photograph courtesy,...
View Article1860 – Signal Box, Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
Knockcroghery railway station opened on 13 February 1860 and closed on 17 June 1963. Related Posts: 1878 – Point Depot, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1923 – Bangor Signalbox, Wales 1895 – Railway Station,...
View Article1855 – Railway Station, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Architect: George Wilkinson Constructed for the Midland Great Western Railway Co., and opened in 8th November 1855. Visually similar to many on this network to the northwest of Ireland – a two storey,...
View Article1847 – Railway Station, Blanchardstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: John Skipton Mulvany Demolished railway station constructed for the Midland Great Western Railway Company. Similar in design to station at Lucan North. Closed in 1934 and the site cleared by...
View Article1878 – Design proposals for Great Western Square, Dublin
Architects: James H. Bridgford & G.P. Beater, John L. Robinson Design proposals for artisan dwellings for the Midland Great Western Railway Company adjacent to Broadstone Station in Dublin. About...
View Article1892 – Railway Tunnel, Newport, Co. Mayo
The Westport railway line was extended to Achill Sound in the 1890s. and this was one of the so-called ‘Balfour Lines’,
View Article1892 – Railway Station, Newport, Co. Mayo
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.
View Article1878 – Design proposals for Great Western Square, Dublin
Architects: James H. Bridgford & G.P. Beater, John L. Robinson Design proposals for artisan dwellings for the Midland Great Western Railway Company adjacent to Broadstone Station in Dublin.
View Article1866 – Railway Station, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan
Once the last railway station on the 10km branch of the Midland Great Western Railway that linked Killeshandra with Cavan, via Crossdoney.
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