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January
... on that supply 11 01 2011 Carlow was announced as the cleanest town in the final round on the Irish Business Against Litter IBAL Anti Litter League 2010 with Trim coming a close second The winning ...
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Public Buildings
... of a public building in Carlow is the Assembly Rooms built circa 1794 at the junction of Dublin Street and Cox s Lane Its most notable feature is the Wyatt window which looks onto the street Now ...
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Architecture Feature
Architecture in Ireland a comprehensive guide to the historical periods and the characteristic buildings associated with them which have combined to produce the architectural landscape of Ireland Next ...
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Sir John Benjamin MacNeill
Sir John Benjamin MacNeill
Sir John Benjamin MacNeill was born in County Louth circa 1793. He became a principal assistant to Thomas Telford who was working on road and bridge building in Scotland and England. He set up in business as a consulting engineer in 1834. He was elected the first Professor of Civil Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. He held this post from 1842-1852. He became Chief Engineer of the Great Southern and Western Railway. MacNeill designed Carlow Railway Station. In later life he went blind. He died in London on March 2nd, 1880.
Carlow County Library courtesy of The Royal Society (London)
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Carlow Races 1846
reporter from the Carlow Sentinel wrote about the near completion of the railroad from Carlow to Dublin in July 1846 commenting that the progress of the works has been rapid and effectual He also ...
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Marketing for Public Libraries: report of a research project under the Public Library Research Progra
Marketing for Public Libraries: report of a research project under the Public Library Research Progra
Marketing for Public Libraries: report of a research project under the Public Library Research Programme
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Map showing Bagenalstown Railway Line
Map showing Bagenalstown Railway Line
Colour map showing baronies and civil parishes of County Carlow. It particularly shows part of the railway lines from Carlow to Kilkenny via Bagenalstown and the beginning of the line from Bagenalstown to Borris. Bagenalstown Station can be seen on this map also which was drawn circa 1900.
Carlow County Library
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Transport Links in Carlow
Carlow has good public railway links to other cities It is situated on the main railway line between Waterford and Dublin It takes about one hour and five minutes to reach Heuston Station and about ...
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Railways 1: Dublin-Carlow-Kilkenny
... the length of County Carlow linking Carlow with Dublin and Waterford A separate line ran from Tullow via Baltinglass and Naas to Sallins where it met the Great Southern and Western Railway ...
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Famous Railway Engineers
... Southern and Western Railway Carlow Railway Station was designed by him and was in place for the opening of the Dublin to Carlow line in 1846 In later years Macneill became blind and ceased to work ...