Thursday, March 6, 2008

Railway Bill, 1924-Absorbed Companies

Seanad Éireann - Volume 3 - 02 July, 1924

Amalgamating Companies.

Great Southern and Western Railway Company, including the Geashill Extension separate undertaking.
Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland.
Dublin and South Eastern Railway Company, including City of Dublin Junction Railways and New Ross and Waterford Extension Railways.
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway Company including the Bantry Bay Extension.

Absorbed Companies.
Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway Company, Limited.
Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway Company.
Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway Company, Limited.
Baltimore Extension Railway Company, Limited.
Bantry Extension Railway Company.
Cavan and Leitrim Railway Company, Limited.
Clonakilty Extension Railway Company.
Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Company.
Cork and Macroom Direct Railway Company.
Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Company, Limited.
Donoughmore Extension Light Railway Company, Limited.
Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company.
Loughrea and Attymon Light Railway Company, Limited.
Schull and Skibbereen Tramway and Light Railway Company. (West Carberry Tramways and Light Railways Company, Limited).
South Clare Railways Company Limited.
Southern Railway Company.
Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway Company.
Tralee and Dingle Light Railway Company, Limited.
Tralee and Fenit Railway Company.
Waterford and Tramore Railway Company.
West Clare Railway Company, Limited.



1924.07.23: passed by Dáil Éireann:
With a view to the re-organisation and more efficient and economical working of the railway system of Saorstát Eireann, the amalgamated company shall be formed in accordance with the provisions of this Act by the amalgamation of the companies set out in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act, and by the absorption of the companies set out in the second column of that Schedule.

What an English Explorer found in Ireland-New York Times 19/04/1908

The New York Times April 19, 1908, Sunday


An English Journalist, Seeking to Discover What Is Wrong with the Emerald Isle, Found Many Paradoxes and Some Monuments to Folly.
Section: Magazine Section, Page SM6
At the instance of the London Daily Mail, Mr. Charles E. Hands, one of the most widely known of the English journalists has been exploring Ireland.





To read the whole article on the New York Times click here.