Britain from Above Historic Irish Railway Photos

[Auto-Train Original]

This is a useful site. Loads of photos of factories with rail sidings. This is Ballyshannon.

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/search?country=ireland&year=all&view=grid&page=2

[jhb171achill]

Some interesting stuff there, all right.

(I wasn't aware that Ballyshannon was in "Britain", though!)

[airfixfan]

Nor was Ballyshannon when I did a talk there 2 weeks ago!

[Mol_PMB]

Still, it’s a useful reminder of the resource. I have used it a great deal in the past looking at photos of Manchester but I hadn’t thought to look for Irish photos there.  

[airfixfan]

Strangely enough doing a talk in Manchester on 11/9 for the IRRS

[Mol_PMB]

28 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Strangely enough doing a talk in Manchester on 11/9 for the IRRS

I’ll have to put that in my diary. See you there!

[airfixfan]

See IRRS website for details starts at 18.00 on 11/9 and starting with Partition and Railways then covering Strabane in depth

[Mol_PMB]

Looks like Dick Fearn might be there too. It's a long time since I last saw him - back when I was doing investigations into the second Cahir viaduct accident. Time flies (but trains don't)! 

[Mol_PMB]

Anyway, back on topic, here's a super view of Cork with Glanmire Road station, the goods yards and docks, in 1949:

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/XAW027138

There are around 200 images of the Cork area, I'm sure there are some more gems in there.

There are a few images of Haulbowline showing the narrow-gauge railway, like this one:

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/XPW042343

 

Here's a very clear view of Tralee Rock Street in 1934:

https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/XPW043566

 

It's well worth a look at the map to see if there are photos of your area of interest.

Just a reminder on BritainfromAbove, if you log in then you can zoom into the images and see much more detail than if you're just a guest. It doesn't cost anything to log in.

 

 

 

[airfixfan]

43 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

Looks like Dick Fearn might be there too. It's a long time since I last saw him - back when I was doing investigations into the second Cahir viaduct accident. Time flies (but trains don't)! 

Correct he will be there next week