IRRS London Meeting Friday 21 April 2023

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Hear @jhb171achill on his favourite subject!

LIVE & ZOOM : 18.00 – 20.45 Fri 21 April 2023 

“Rails through Connemara” by Jon Beaumont

Please note the 18.00 start time

Lifetime enthusiast, preservationist and author, Jon Beaumont, draws from his recent book about the life and times of the shortlived Galway-Clifden line, open from 1895-1935, setting it in the economic and social circumstances of the time. The line was opened to support (abortive) plans for a major fishing industry and a transatlantic shipping terminal at Clifden. Compounded by the burning down of the railway hotel at Recess in the ‘Troubles’, the line struggled to an early demise, even though it had stimulated early development of a local tourist industry. Jon will show many rare photos.

Live Meeting

This meeting will be held live in our excellent new venue, The Gallery at Alan Baxter 77 Cowcross Street Farringdon (through the gates, across the courtyard and down the steps!).

Do come along in person if you can.

Zoom meeting

The meeting will also be available through Zoom. Further advice and an access link to the meeting are given below.

ZOOM ADVICE

Joining : The meeting will open at 17.30 and you can join any time after that. 

Communications : The Chat facility will be available throughout the meeting for comment and (if necessary) communication with the IRRS (London Area).

Post-meeting informal discussion : The Zoom meeting will close as soon as the live meeting is concluded and the usual post-meeting informal discussion will be for Live attendees only in a nearby pub!

Zoom failure : If there is a Zoom system failure either before or during the meeting, we will e-mail everyone on our London Area e-mail list with an update – so watch your Inbox if the meeting does not start or fails part way through.

ZOOM LINK

 

Open the Zoom app on your device and enter :

Meeting ID: 822 0522 0061
Passcode: 110028