Rails through Connemara
Saturday 18 September 2021 – 3PM
Maam Cross Railway Station
Written by renowned railway historian Jonathan Beaumont, author of Rails to Achill, Achillbeg – The Life of an Island, Rails Through the West, among other publications, this book Rails through Connemara is the story of the railway from Galway to Clifden, plus other proposed railway schemes in the region, from conception to construction, operation and conclusion when replaced by road transport in the 1930s.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ 1860, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 30 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ 1925 ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ 1935. ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ & ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.’
Maam Cross was one of the stations on the line, built to serve the locality when the line opened in 1895, and closed along with the rest of the Galway – Clifden railway in 1935.
The platforms, goods shed and water tower remain, but the very fine red-brick station building was demolished just over fifty years ago, despite having survived the closure. The station is now the site of the revival of trains in Connemara through the Connemara Railway Project.
Railtours Ireland First Class have organised a ‘SPECIAL DAY TOUR TO CONNEMARA’ in conjunction with book launch of โRails through Connemaraโ,
What’s included in the day tour?
- Return Rail travel (Dublin โ Galway)
- Reserved seats on-board
- Signed Copy of Jonathanโs book โRailways through Connemaraโ.
- Special coach tour to Maam Cross, visiting former stations Moycullen, Ross and Oughterard.
- Admission to book launch (book launch is scheduled for 15:00)
- Lunch available at Peacockeโs hotel (Lunch not included)
- Light refreshments at book launch.
- Tour fully hosted from Dublin to Dublin.
Day tour can be booked via https://railtoursireland.com/rails-through-connemara-day…
Please note all traveling to this event must be fully vaccinated in accordance with Government Covid-19 regulations in relation to indoor dining.