Rob K Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Hi I'm off to Ireland in June/July. The basic route is a triangle; Dublin/Galway/Donegal/Dublin Any particular recommendations for NG heritage sites or remains ? Any any last chances to see Bord Na Mona in action ? Any suggestions would be very welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 I would strongly recommend the Lartigue monorail at Listowel. You will need to allow a little time for your mind to boggle at how the turnouts operate, but it is also the most charming and hospitable "preserved" railway that I have ever visited. Best wishes Eric 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 19, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2023 West Clare Railway at Moyasta Junction, you should get a ride. Cavan & Leitrim at Dromod. Both very friendly. Check out the remains of both lines by road. Donegal station museum and the Glenties line might be running. Other closed lines and Bord na Mona (also mainly closed) along the way. Dava 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 West Clare, Moyasta. Then Cavan & Leitrim (Dromod), Donegal Railway Heritage Centre, Finntown, Co Donegal, Foyle Valley Museum (Derry), Giant's Causeway Railway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Is there still railway stuff at the Guinness theme park museum? They had some NG stock when I was there in the 90s, including one of the narrow gauge locos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob K Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 16 hours ago, pete_mcfarlane said: Is there still railway stuff at the Guinness theme park museum? They had some NG stock when I was there in the 90s, including one of the narrow gauge locos. Yeah. We went there a couple of years ago ( weekend only) . Some good stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob K Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 We are back from our Irish trip.. jolly good fun. We managed a walk on the Burtonport extension, a trip on the Donegal at Fintown, a visit to the Donegal station museum and a trip on the Cavan at Dromod. All recommended but hard to see any of them making great strides. Fintown is a nice run in nice scenery. The staff were not that chatty . Quite well patronised on the day of our visit. Donegal museum is good but very hard to get clear photos of the loco and stock. The very nice man in charge was talking up the prospects of laying a short line ( about 1k, through the cattle mart) The C and L at Dromod was a bit of a let down. The loco and carriage are nice but the ride is very short and then it is just a wander through a scrap yard. Facilities were pretty poor and rather run down. . I will try and load some photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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