The Dublin & Kingstown Railway

The Dublin & Kingstown Railway

Steam first rattled across Irish rails in 1834, when the bright‑green Hibernia began shuttling Dubliners to Kingstown’s new harbour. Railway mania, seaside resorts, grand stations and eroding cliff‑edges soon followed. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Rails to the Sea: How Ireland’s Railways Made Seaside Tourism

Rails to the Sea: How Ireland’s Railways Made Seaside Tourism

From Kingstown day‑trippers to Balfour’s light lines and today’s greenways, Ireland’s railways created seaside resorts, opened the wild west to tourists, and then carried generations away when the tracks began to close. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to...
Hanover Quay, Dublin – Resurrection of a Gasworks Coalscape

Hanover Quay, Dublin – Resurrection of a Gasworks Coalscape

  See here for more stories of Dublin’s Docklands. ***** ‘Now I walk back again. To look at these great walls of blackened bricks. The gas works. Sooty grime and fire in there through these bars. Dark shadows. Men moving with their lighted end of cigarettes.’ The...
Notes on Bray, County Wicklow

Notes on Bray, County Wicklow

Highlights include Edward Breslin (hotelier and influential citizen), Father O’Flanagan (inventor and priest), Joshua Pim (Wimbledon champion), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (fifth president of Ireland), and Jim Hand (Arctic explorer). Become a member of Turtle’s History...