Clogherhead - A GNR(I) Seaside Terminus

[derek]

On 6/3/2024 at 9:12 PM, Patrick Davey said:

The buses have moved in to the new bus staging area outside Clogherhead station, leaving their tell tale signs on the ground….. in GNR days a fleet of buses would shuttle arriving holidaymakers to and from the beach, a service which was reduced later on after a walkway was opened linking the station directly to the beach.  CIE continued to provide the basic shuttle service after their 1958 takeover of the GNR.

 

 

 

Sooooo...... The cows round Clogherhead eat liquorice? Oh right, its oil from the buses. Your imagination is a thing to behold @Patrick Davey. Seriously, love the buses! Especially Cork Dry Gin. (The bus that is)

[Patrick Davey]

1 hour ago, derek said:

Sooooo...... The cows round Clogherhead eat liquorice? Oh right, its oil from the buses. Your imagination is a thing to behold @Patrick Davey. Seriously, love the buses! Especially Cork Dry Gin. (The bus that is)

Cheers Derek!

[Patrick Davey]

A gathering of locos at the seaside this evening.  I don’t think they brought their buckets and spades though.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

A handsome bunch of lads

[jhb171achill]

One special in from Westland Row, another from Drogheda, and one from Dundalk?

[Patrick Davey]

Still my favourite CIE livery:

Edited March 11 by Patrick Davey

[jhb171achill]

55 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

Still my favourite CIE livery:

Fantastic! This is obviously a different day in April 1971; A3 was re-engined in March of that year, and A15 in May, so it must be April! Looking at the weekly circulars, that's the day when the two "A"s arrived, A3R with a mystery train from Wexford, and A15 with an Easter Monday special from Connolly..... so that pins it down to 12th April 1971.   (jhb nerd alert)

B125 failed on the Dundalk goods on the previous Thursday and was shunted in there, remaining over easter, and being towed to Inchicore on the Tuesday.........

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Still my favourite CIE livery:

Mine too, lovely photo.

[Patrick Davey]

I’ll just leave these pics here.  That livery is

Edited March 13 by Patrick Davey

[Patrick Davey]

Silver A class - unbeatable. Pity the prototype reality was very different!!!!

[Tullygrainey]

Lovely stuff Patrick. Real atmosphere there!

[jhb171achill]

Ah! That was the night when Crossley A30 failed on the Dundalk goods, and had to be shunted down to Clogherhead to get out of the way of a late-running "Enterprise", an AEC railcar set with Lurgan and Porteedown people and communication cord issues...... and B125 appeared to tow it back to Amiens Street...........

[Patrick Davey]

A30 arrives at and departs from Clogherhead with a local service to Drogheda, in early CIE days.

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Beautiful video, perfect setting.

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

A30 arrives at and departs from Clogherhead with a local service to Drogheda, in early CIE days.

Priceless stuff!

Tis 1955 again….

[Rush and Lusk]

Fabulous staging, editing and sound - very well done.

Actually brings back warm memories of Clogerhead from a little later time - great nights in the Aishling Ballroom in the early 80's !  (probably long since renamed and repurposed ?)

[Galteemore]

15 minutes ago, Rush and Lusk said:

Fabulous staging, editing and sound - very well done.

Actually brings back warm memories of Clogerhead from a little later time - great nights in the Aishling Ballroom in the early 80's !  (probably long since renamed and repurposed ?)

https://www.irish-showbands.com/images/halls/aishling-clogherhead-ggx.htm

[Patrick Davey]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Priceless stuff!

Tis 1955 again….

JB I was thinking maybe a bit later, the branch would still be in GNRB hands until 1958 I think?  A30 would probably be devoid of her silver livery by then though.

[Galteemore]

1 minute ago, Patrick Davey said:

JB I was thinking maybe a bit later, the branch would still be in GNRB hands until 1958 I think?  A30 would probably be devoid of her silver livery by then though.

Could be a through working from Navan and the Meath Road…..

[Galteemore]

The reference to the dance hall is a nice bit of colour and I can just see the evening workings from Drogheda… although of course Ireland’s premier and legendary ‘Ballroom of Romance’ was located on Ireland’s premier and legendary railway, within walking distance of Glenfarne station on the SLNC…..the movie it inspired in 1982 is still wonderful…. 

 

Edited March 13 by Galteemore

[Mayner]

49 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

The reference to the dance hall is a nice bit of colour and I can just see the evening workings from Drogheda… although of course Ireland’s premier and legendary ‘Ballroom of Romance’ was located on Ireland’s premier and legendary railway, within walking distance of Glenfarne station on the SLNC…..the movie it inspired in 1982 is still wonderful…. 

 

Pontoon Ballroom was the place to go in the West 'himself" cloven hoofs and all was a regular, but a reputation of always being a perfect gentleman towards the ladies. The local lads had no chance

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[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Patrick Davey said:

JB I was thinking maybe a bit later, the branch would still be in GNRB hands until 1958 I think?  A30 would probably be devoid of her silver livery by then though.

I was thinking it's come over from Westland Row - yes, Clogherhead would definitely be GNR(B) until October 1958. The odd loco was still in silver into the 60s; albeit in exceptionally dirty looking condition. Some went straight from that to black, without a green phase.

41 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

The reference to the dance hall is a nice bit of colour and I can just see the evening workings from Drogheda… although of course Ireland’s premier and legendary ‘Ballroom of Romance’ was located on Ireland’s premier and legendary railway, within walking distance of Glenfarne station on the SLNC…..the movie it inspired in 1982 is still wonderful…. 

 

Dang. Watched it all and not a Railcar "B" in sight.............

[Rush and Lusk]

A truly wonderful film, capturing a complex fading rural world of hope and sadness, amongst many memorable lines - "will you come in to the field Bridie ?"  

[Galteemore]

Yep. Any romantic ideas you have about 50s Ireland killed stone dead! Grimly real.

Edited March 14 by Galteemore

[Patrick Davey]

A very strange delivery to the seaside this evening, there must be something weird going on.

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

A very strange delivery to the seaside this evening, there must be something weird going on.

 

Move over, GoPro, it's GoPride time!

[Patrick Davey]

A few clips from the view of the driver and the passenger!

First the driver:

 

 

Then the passenger:

 

 

Now two trains:

 

 

And now three:

 

 

 

[Galteemore]

LoveIy. Passenger eye view works esp well 

[Patrick Davey]

[Patrick Davey]

Some nice acquisitions this evening, already looking very much at home!  Two of Leslie McAlister’s new CIE vans as well as a pack of the original IRM CIE ballast wagons.  I didn’t ever think I would want the ballast wagons, but since my current project stretches into the 1970s, they are a must - fabulous wagons!   And it’s amazing to think what followed from IRM……
 

 

[David Holman]

Have you realised you are still not a year into this project yet? Amazing progress.

[jhb171achill]

On 15/3/2024 at 1:23 PM, Patrick Davey said:

A few clips from the view of the driver and the passenger!

First the driver:

 

 

Then the passenger:

 

 

Now two trains:

 

 

And now three:

 

 

 

Great work by the IRRS in digitising this old early colour footage......

[Patrick Davey]

Unusually heavy goods traffic at Clogherhead this afternoon, including quite a large consignment of chickens.  Some smart alec in Amiens Street suggested that the chickens thought it was ‘Cluck-erhead’…….  

[Noel]

Fab

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Stunning Patrick.