Tracing the Armagh-Clones railway line on Google satellite and street view
The vast majority of the old Great Northern Railway route from Armagh to Clones via Monaghan is still intact and it would not be impossible to get this line restored. Incorporating this consideration into future plans for the Armagh-Portadown reopening would strengthen the case for restoring Armagh's station at its original location at the junction of Station Rd and Loughgall Rd. It would be an important part of plugging what is now a gaping hole in the northwest of the island's railway system.
Clones was a major junction on the Irish network, with lines going out of the town in four directions to Armagh, Enniskillen, Cavan Town, and Castleblayney.
Highlights of this journey include the Monaghan station building and the circular engine shed in Clones. The nearby Ulster Canal is also a great potential restoration project that would bring in much tourist and visitor enjoyment.
Current occupants of Monaghan station:
craftstudio.ie/work/old-monag...
More on Clones station:
clones-ireland.com/index.php/...
Downloadable poster showing the complex layout of the old station:
clones-ireland.com/images/0ar...
Historic rail map tool:
railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php#
Historic canal map tool:
railmaponline.com/Canals.php#
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Great video eamonn, i live near the crossing in the video at 17.16, I have heard talk over the years that it was the deepest dig out on the whole line, underneath this bridge is a master piece of stonework. I will take some photos for you
@eamonnca1
2 жыл бұрын
That'd be great, Patrick. Thanks!
Doing a great social job Eamonn. Sadly re constructive work depends on political pressures!
Eamonn, This is terrific. I also viewed your Google maps tour of the line from Newry Edward St. to Markethill. These railways were closed in the era of Dr. Beeching. Todd Andrews in Dublin just aped the Beeching cuts and the Northern government followed suit. CIE always saw it as their brief to close railways at all costs. Together, these were formidable destructive forces. I would dearly love to see these lines reopened, but the cunning rail companies have a new plan called Greenways. In east Cork they are turning the line from Midleton to Youghal into a greenway lest they be prevailed upon to reopen it. Greenways are great where clearly a rail use is not viable. Apart from the RPSI and the ITG, rail preservation on this island is blocked - unlike the happier story in Britain. Isn't Google Maps just a brilliant means of charting disused lines? I love it. We can only dream of reopening.
My late granny would go on holiday to a small farm near Newtownbutler. And she would’ve gotten the train from Belfast through to Armagh and down into Clones. Where they then got a taxi.
Great love this thank you
Sorry you couldn't see Tynan station,, it is a magnificent big station and Mill and huge engine house.
Demolished? nooooooo!
What about Keady
@eamonnca1
3 жыл бұрын
I cover Armagh-Keady in a separate video, and I did another covering Keady-Castleblayney