Lost Railways of Co. Dublin and the South East Author: Stephen Johnson Price: £7.99

As a capital city, Dublin was an early target for railway development; in fact it was the world's second passenger railway, and the first to serve a capital city, that opened between Dublin and Kingstown in 1834. This quickly led to railway expansion throughout Ireland, and in the south east it was the Dublin & South Eastern and the Great Southern & Western Railways that came to predominate. By 1925 these had been amalgamated into Great Southern Railways, but there followed a period of fluctuating fortunes due to war and fuel shortages. By the 1950s competition from road transport led to drastic cost-cutting measures, but unlike Britain's railways, the region has enjoyed a reversal of fortunes since the 1980s, with line electrifications and development of a tramway within the capital. There is even an underground system under consideration for the city. The whole story is told in detail in this collection of 52 photographs. Locations featured include stations at Dun Laoghaire, Rosslare, Shankhill, Templeogue, the Guinness Brewery, Broadstone, Dublin Harcourt Street, Terenure, Embankment, Blessington, Poulaphouca, Sutton, Hill of Howth, Liffey Junction, Carbury, Edenderry, Tullow, Abbeyleix, Kilkenny, Mountmellick, Woodenbridge Junction, Shillelagh, Goresbridge, Borris, Ballywilliam, Palace East, Macmine Junction, Rathgarogue, Glenmore, Kilmeadan, Durrow, Dungarvan, Ballyduff, Waterford Manor, Waterford, Tramore, and Avoca.

ISBN 1 84033 334 0 48 pages

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