Dugort Harbour

[Mol_PMB]

22 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

That's the boxes of chocs that were given out at the Christmas dinner.......

Could be wrong on this, but I think the black'n'tan one is the last survivor of several built by the GSR.

Indeed, and here's a photo for the livery aficionado, thanks to Ernie. GSR livery and GSR-style lettering, but it says CIE. A mishmash worthy of the painters at Cultra! And this is in 1961 - was this the only vehicle to go from GSR livery to black and tan without any shade of green in between?

 

[jhb171achill]

On 20/8/2025 at 5:59 PM, Mol_PMB said:

Indeed, and here's a photo for the livery aficionado, thanks to Ernie. GSR livery and GSR-style lettering, but it says CIE. A mishmash worthy of the painters at Cultra! And this is in 1961 - was this the only vehicle to go from GSR livery to black and tan without any shade of green in between?

 

Almost without doubt, yes. Several silver vehicles (and locos!) skipped the green, and several GNR coaches and quite possibly railcars likewise - GNR livery straight to black'n'tan.

In routine service, one coach on the C & L had disgracefully faded GSR livery as late as 1956. Numerous main line coaches were still maroon into the early 50s.

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[jhb171achill]

In preparation for the annual Dugort Parish Knock Pilgrimage on Sunday, the excursion set rests overnight at the harbour station. At Tralee it will join another six, and the ten-coach train, two heating vans and a diner will trundle their way to Claremorris, via the North Kerry, Ennis and Tuam. Looks like a pair of 141s will end up on this.

In 1966, there’s still the odd green coach to be seen.

Edited Friday at 23:58 by jhb171achill

[jhb171achill]

“Ah c’mon lads, I told ye already - get down, sure yiz could hardly walk straight out of O’Donoghues….. if ye don’t get down NOW and go home, I’ll ring the guards. Big McNulty will soon shift ye…

.

”Sixty pounds, and it’s less than a year old, 1961 model. Does forty miles an hour! 

Sure a new one now’s over a hundred, I couldn’t afford that on my wages!

How’s Agnes, by the way?”

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[jhb171achill]

“See the state of PJ when Christy told him about the two wagons off the road up at the mill siding! Wouldn’t like to be in Paddy Connor’s shoes now!”

”PJ had his own moments as a shunter, though - that’s why he’s behind a desk now! Just ask him some time if he remembers the Macroom fair special in 1940!” 

.

“Is John away to Canada yet? Haven’t seen him about…”

”NO!! He only put that story about! Sure ye know he ran off with some young wan from Cork half his age. They’re away up to Dublin!” 

“Talkin’ of young wans, see what’s after gettin’ into the other carriage?”

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[jhb171achill]

“All very well for him, but it’s too high to lift these things. We’d be better waitin’ till it’s at the platform!”

”Ye goin’ to the game tomorrow?”

”Yeah, I suppose, but Carrick will beat us by ten points, I tell ya”.

”What about the dance - what’s that showband called again…?”

[Horsetan]

31 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

“All very well for him, but it’s too high to lift these things. We’d be better waitin’ till it’s at the platform!”

”Ye goin’ to the game tomorrow?”

”Yeah, I suppose, but Carrick will beat us by ten points, I tell ya”.

”What about the dance - what’s that showband called again…?”

This almost reads like Roddy Doyle's writing style, particularly the conversations at the bar in his books "Two Pints" and "Two More Pints"

[jhb171achill]

“Ya serious? In America? Yer wan that was livin’ with his ma up beyond Pat Maggie’s in Cloonagh?

Mad eejit, even at school…

Jayysus. Me cousin went to school with him. What’s a congress man anyway, is it like, a TD?”