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'View of Waterford' by William Van der Hagen
'View of Waterford' by William Van der Hagen. Purchased by Waterford Corporation in 1736, it shows the initial expansion of the town beyond the walls and along the waterfront.
© Waterford City Council
Image is present on following page(s): Waterford City Bridges
'View of Waterford' by William Van der Hagen -
Colour photo of flyover en route to Ballyshannon.
Colour photograph of one of the flyover bridges built on the Donegal Town Bypass. The picture is a view looking up from the undercarriage of the bridge spanning a small river. The curved supports and safety railings are visible, as is the new road signage.
Donegal County Council
Image is present on following page(s): Bypasses, Flyovers and Ferries: Donegal in the C21
Colour photo of flyover en route to Ballyshannon. -
Train at Bath Street Crossing Gates, 1928.
Train at Bath Street Crossing Gates, Waterford 1928.
© Jack O'Neill
Image is present on following page(s): Waterford and Tramore Railway
Train at Bath Street Crossing Gates, 1928. -
In 2007, we created the weight of 428,000 double decker buses in waste
The image shows a bin on a street packed full of household and commerical waste.
In 2007, we created the weight of 428,000 double decker buses in waste -
Image of Covey bridge design plan, 1770
Image of Covey bridge design plan, 1770
Image is present on following page(s): Waterford County Bridges
Image of Covey bridge design plan, 1770 -
There are over 600 different flowering plants in the Burren in County Clare.
English Name: Burnet rose, Scotch rose Botanical Name (Latin): Rosa pimpinellifolia (R. spinosissima) Irish Name: Briúlán Order: DICOTYLEDONES Family: ROSACEAE Brief Description: Very spiny, deciduous shrub, usually c. 0.5m tall; flowers solitary, white, cream or pink; hip black with persistent crown of sepals.
Carsten Krieger
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Cork gets its name from the marsh on which the city is built.
A plan of Cork in 1545
Copyright Cork City Library
Cork gets its name from the marsh on which the city is built. -
Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied
The Dingle Dolphin named Fungi, has become a firm favourite with locals and tourists. The young bottle-nosed dolphin has been around our shores since 1984.
Copyright Mike Brown
Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied -
Back of Errigal Road, Co Donegal
Colour photograph of the completed road alignment on the “Back of Errigal” road Termon-Dunlewy, Co Donegal. The foreground shows the widening and resurfacing that has taken place. The surrounding area is part of Glenveagh National Park.
Donegal County Council
Image is present on following page(s): Bypasses, Flyovers and Ferries: Donegal in the C21
Back of Errigal Road, Co Donegal -
Achill bridge with bus
Photograph of original Achill bridge with Great Southern Railway bus crossing.
Courtesy of Society of Jesus
Image is present on following page(s): Rail and Road
Achill bridge with bus -
Leyland Titan, Dublin's First Doubledeckers
Leyland Titan, were Dublin's First Doubledeckers and this bus was used from 1937 to 1956. Titan singledecker buses were first introduced in 1927. This bus was the first officially preserved commercial transport item in the state.
By kind permission of Michael Corcoran
Image is present on following page(s): The Leyland Titan Bus, Rail and Road
Leyland Titan, Dublin's First Doubledeckers -
Cork City had a thriving tram system for the thirty years up to 1931.
Aphotograph from the Lawrence collection of a tram in Cork City.
Cork City had a thriving tram system for the thirty years up to 1931. -
The Tralee and Dingle Light Railway provided a passenger and freight service for 62 years until it cl
Engine of Tralee & Dingle Railway standing at Tralee Station
The Tralee and Dingle Light Railway provided a passenger and freight service for 62 years until it cl -
It’s best not to create waste in the first place
The waste keeps piling up.
Copyright Environmental Protection Agency
It’s best not to create waste in the first place -
The Arrival of the Ford Plane from Greenly Island Bringing Major Fitzmaurice to Lake St.Agnes.
The Ford plane carrying Major James C.Fitzmaurice from Greenly Island to Lake St. Agnes. Fitzmaurice had flown from Baldonnel, County Dublin, Ireland to Greenly Island, Newfoundland in what was the first ever east-west trans-Atlantic flight on 12th/13th April 1927.
Image is present on following page(s): Éire san Aer
The Arrival of the Ford Plane from Greenly Island Bringing Major Fitzmaurice to Lake St.Agnes. -
Dún Laoghaire East Pier
A view of the eastern part of the Harbour of Dun Laoghaire, from the East Pier. In view from left to right are: The bandstand, the Mariner’s Church (1837), The National Yacht Club, The Royal Marine Hotel, a paddle steamer, a screw-propeller stem ship at Carlisle Pier. St. Michael’s Church with scaffolding, the Town Hall (1880). In the foreground are two women, one with a bicycle. At the turn of the century a practice of cycling furiously down the West Pier, across the harbour, known as 'scorching' caused such annoyance it had to be prohibited.
With permission of the National Library of Ireland
Image is present on following page(s): Gauges Broad and Narrow
Dún Laoghaire East Pier -
Tralee & Dingle Railway
Engine of Tralee & Dingle Railway standing at Tralee Station
Image is present on following page(s): Gauges Broad and Narrow, Construction
Tralee & Dingle Railway -
Baldonnel Aerodrome 1934
Aerial photograph of Baldonnel in 1934, six years after the Bremen took off on its trans-atlantic flight.
By kind permission of the Photographic Section of the Irish Air Corps, Baldonnel
Image is present on following page(s): Éire san Aer
Baldonnel Aerodrome 1934 -
Director's Car Awaiting Restoration
The Director's Car Awaiting Restoration. This is a photograph of the day, in 1988, the tram was moved from a garden in Dalkey to be taken to the National Transport Museum in Howth. The Director's Car was Dublin's most luxurious tram when it was built in 1901.
By kind permission of Michael Corcoran
Image is present on following page(s): Executive Travel: The Director's Car
Director's Car Awaiting Restoration -
Killucan Railway Station
Postcard photo of Killucan Railway Station which opened in 1848 and continued in service until 1963.
© Harold T. Botwell
Image is present on following page(s): Rail and Road, Killucan Station
Killucan Railway Station -
Kiltimagh Railway Station
Photograph taken by Wynne Photographers, c.1900, of train arriving in Kiltimagh Railway Station.
Courtesy Gary Wynne
Image is present on following page(s): Railways in Crisis, Railways
Kiltimagh Railway Station -
Photograph of three CIE Alas Atlantean buses
Photograph of three CIE Alas Atlantean buses. These examples, held in the National Transport Museum, Howth, Co. Dublin are representative of the type of bus being used as Dublin buses since 1958. The blue liveried bus dates from 1967, the green from 1971 and the tan from 1971-2.
By kind permission of Michael Corcoran
Image is present on following page(s): The Alas Atlantean Bus, Rail and Road
Photograph of three CIE Alas Atlantean buses -
Dublin to Drogheda Railway Map 1844
The Dublin to Drogheda line was thirty two miles long and it took approximately one hour and eighteen minutes to travel the distance on the train when it was first opened. During its first summer three types of trains frequented the route: the mails, the quick trains and the mixed trains. The mail trains and the quick trains only accommodated first and second class passengers, and travelled at the highest speed. These trains only stopped at Malahide and Balbriggan. The mixed trains which stopped at all the stations and shipped all types of goods also carried third class passengers. It was known to have better conditions for third class passengers than other railway lines and this encouraged poorer classes to take the train especially during the winter months. Its terminus in Dublin was Amiens Street, now known as Connolly Station.
Image is present on following page(s): Steaming into the Future
Dublin to Drogheda Railway Map 1844 -
Boat Train from Cork to Rosslare
Boat Train from Cork to Rosslare, 1939. Locomotive No.380 2-6-0.
© Jack O'Neill
Image is present on following page(s): Gauges Broad and Narrow, South Station
Boat Train from Cork to Rosslare -
Image of men working on sugar-beet train
Men working on the sugar-beet train
By kind permission of Dungarvan museum
Image is present on following page(s): Rail and Road, The Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway
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Dublin to Drogheda railway line at Hollybrook
The Dublin to Drogheda railway was opened in May 1844. It was the third railway to be opened in country and the first to have, what was to become, the standard gauge of 5'3''. At that time Dun Laoghaire had a gauge of 4'8 1/2'' and the Ulster Railway 6'2''.
Image is present on following page(s): Gauges Broad and Narrow
Dublin to Drogheda railway line at Hollybrook -
LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing
LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing on 3rd December 2003
taken by Kieran Swords
Image is present on following page(s): Rail and Road, Trams Make A Comeback
LUAS tram approaches the Kingswood stop during testing -
Newport Railway Station
Photograph of NewportRailway Station which was part of the Westport-Achill railway line. this line was in service between 1894 and 1937.
Courtesy National Library of Ireland
Image is present on following page(s): Railways in Crisis, Railways
Newport Railway Station -
The Last Tram to Run in Dublin
The Last Tram to Run in Dublin was tram no. 252 needed police protection from souvenir hunters on its last trip in 1949.
By kind permission from Michael Corcoran
Image is present on following page(s): Gauges Broad and Narrow
The Last Tram to Run in Dublin -
Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone
Early 20th Century view of the Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone, architect J.S. Mulvany. This is an Edwardian view of the Midland Great Western Railway Station in Athlone, which was one of two railway stations in Athlone. Located on a site at Ranelagh on the west side of Athlone, the road which was constructed to connect this station with the town centre became the main Athlone-Galway road. The station opened in 1851 when the first train crossed the Shannon to the west of Ireland. It was designed by the architect J.S. Mulvany who also designed the Broadstone Station in Dublin. It consists of a long Italianate frontage of seventeen bays. This spacious building once housed both a busy railway station and a railway hotel. It closed in 1983 and now serves as engineering offices for Irish Rail.
Out of copyright
Image is present on following page(s): Steaming into the Future, Athlone: MGWR Station
Midland Great Western Railway Station Athlone -
Royal and Ulster Canals
The Ulster Canal was opened in 1841 linking Lough Neagh to the Erne waterways. Its sucess depended on the Erne and Shannon waterways being linked. However, by the time this was completed, the Ulster Canal had fallen into disrepair. Also, it appears that there was lack of water from the canals feeder lake, Quig Lough. A feasability study has been carried out looking into reopening this canal.
Image is present on following page(s): Steaming into the Future
Royal and Ulster Canals -
Clarence Chamberlin Greets Baron von Huenefeld and Major Fitzmaurice.
Photograph of American airman, Clarence Chamberlin greeting two of the Bremen Flyers, Baron Guenther von Huenefeld and Major James Fitzmaurice.
Image is present on following page(s): The Pioneers
Clarence Chamberlin Greets Baron von Huenefeld and Major Fitzmaurice.