Irish Railway Film: Limerick & Kerry by Joe St Leger/Ciarán Cooney

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Railways of Limerick & Kerry by Joe St Leger; digitised, edited and presented by Ciarán Cooney, IRRS Hon Photographic Archivist, 23 March 2023.
0:00 Introduction / Film Digitisation.
04:04 Cork & Youghal Specials.
32:36 Dublin South Eastern line.
46:46 Limerick / Kerry lines (Part One)
01:13:38 Limerick / Kerry lines (Part Two)
01:39:52 End.
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@DonalLeader 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant work so interesting and inspiring to know your process. A legacy preserved and made available for the future. A great story so well told.

@alannewman85 Ай бұрын

Fascinating to know, thanks!

@billyfitzgeraldjnr4441 6 ай бұрын

Loved this. Well done. Enjoyed every minute and the quality of production was superb!!!

@johnbuston1732 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic to see, thank you for posting

@jasonmcaree8503 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video! I thoroughly enjoyed that.

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason!

@RYNT1157 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous footage by Joe as always , pure gems . Well done Ciaran.

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom, you probably saw your cameo @4:57!

@RYNT1157 Жыл бұрын

@@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Yes with the second last day of the Youghal goods and the Pfizer spl too. I took cine on the Pfizer spl but for obvious reasons I could not film in Youghal but it's great Joe got that part .

@johnoconnor9742 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic job preserving the footage for the future, great viewing too

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Жыл бұрын

Thanks, hope to show more again soon!

@anthonyhunt701 7 ай бұрын

American railfan, of Irish descent! Love it! 🇺🇸🚂🇮🇪

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Anthony, glad you liked it!

@garry-xu8gu 7 ай бұрын

that was so so awesome

@joeryan1153 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work, well done!

@drewrobinson5153 8 ай бұрын

This is amazing! I was just in Ireland the first week of October 2023, and rode the train from Killarney to Tralee. I saw where the Fenit Branch has been converted to a paved "greenway", but no sign of the former North Kerry Line to Listowel, Newcastle West and Limerick. What a shame this line was taken out! Certainly would have helped to have an option for the traffic bottleneck on the N-21 through Adare. But I supposed the plan for that is just to keep extending the M-20 Motorway further into North Kerry. Sad to see Ireland is making the same fatal mistakes that other countries (like the US) have been making since the 1950s. Thanks for putting this together, and for your great narration! How many of those lovely old stations along the North Kerry line have managed to survive?

@vicsams4431 5 ай бұрын

The Irish Traction Group took a passenger train from Limerick to Adare, Ballingrane Junction and Foynes with baby GM 190. I was on it. This was the Flying Pig railtour circa mid 1990s. I think it was the last passenger train to Foynes.

@alannewman85 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your dedicated work in digitising these films. Such a pity sound isn't possible but you've done a good job selecting the music.

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Alan, glad you enjoyed the films (and music!) Ciarán

@alannewman85 3 ай бұрын

@@IrishRailwayRecordSociety I received my IRM Metro Vick 001/A Class recently - The brochure with it was brilliant, a great description of the happenings on CIE before 'even' my time, being a 'youngster' born in 1973. I remember vividly being a mild train buff as a young lad, being incredulous in the mid 80's that these 1955 built museum pieces were still roaring around the place. Little did I know they had another decade to go. You did a great job writing and compiling the leaflet, not sure what bits you wrote maybe the whole lot, but it was great - I even loved the advertisments - how proud they were of their castings and everything else!!! (Note to self: Never buy a Crossley. Luckily the option of having that option has been decided by fate). Hope you write more like that. I wonder where I would find a similar source of written CIE nostalgia - would love to read a good book in that area - any suggestions???

@siccodierdorp6947 Жыл бұрын

11:46 Fauvet-Girel I think. Thank you again for sharing this!

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Жыл бұрын

Thanks, spot on, I couldn't remember!

@alannewman85 Ай бұрын

Wonder if there’s any footage of the old AEC rail cars hauled by the B class engines? I know the Darts replaced the rail cars (and thank God!) but whatever happened all the B’s? I seem to vaguely recall some old locos (not necessarily A’s or B’s) being used as a sound barrier near Heuston? Thanks for your replies to date, love all the old footage, don’t know why it’s so evocative specially I was around 10 at the time and wouldn’t have had a clue even where those locations mentioned were. Great narration by the way!

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Ай бұрын

Thanks glad you're enjoying the footage! Part two of 2024 film show features a few clips of the B Class locomotives (ex C Class) working suburban trains in Dublin, including one pushpull set (ex AEC railcars).

@joeryan1153 Жыл бұрын

My recollection of the reopening of Booterstown in the 1970's was that there was an industrial dispute. Am I correct in saying that while the station was staffed and open for passengers however trains refused to stop until the dispute was resolved?

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe! I've just been researching this now (in IRRS Journal 167); a strike of 33 employees took place for one day due to management not staffing the reopened station, but was resolved the following afternoon. I do not know if this impacted trains serving the station though.

@laurenceskinnerton73 6 ай бұрын

Drew,roads are expensive railways are not as expensive,given a fair wind the Dail should back this.

@alannewman85 4 ай бұрын

What are exploding fog signals?

@IrishRailwayRecordSociety 3 ай бұрын

They are small explosive caps like flares, used during poor visibility on the track (but are also used to mark special occasions on a railway)

@lincolnarmasols283 Ай бұрын

There used for failed trains,you place 3 on the rail quarter of a mile either ahead or behind the train depending on which direction the assistingbtrain is coming from.