Lost Railways of Co Cork

this collection of 52 period photographs recalls lines such as the Cork City Railways, which ran through the streets of the city, the Cork & Muskerry Light Railway and the Cork & Macroom Direct Railway. The county's railway history began in the 1850s and, despite suffering cuts similar to the Beeching economies in Britain, continues today. The full story is told here and the locations photographed include: Ballinascarthy, Ballinhassig, Ballydehob, Baltimore, Bandon, Bantry, Bantry Pier, Blarney, Carrigrohane, Church Cross, Clonakilty Junction, Coachford Junction, Cork Albert Quay, Cork Albert Street, Cork Summerhill, Cork Western Road, Courtmacsherry, Crossbarry, Crosshaven, Drimoleague, Dunkettle, Dunmanway, Fermoy, Hollyhill, Kanturk, Kinsale, Kinsale Junction, Madore, Mitchelstown, Monkstown, Newmarket, Schull, Skibbereen, Upton, Waterfall, and Youghal.