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Tooban Junction Railway Station
Tooban Junction railway station served Tooban in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 September 1864 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it on ... built their line from Londonderry Middle Quay to Farland Point. It closed for passengers on 23 October 1935. Freight services continued until 10 August 1953. Routes References Disused railway stations in County Donegal Railway stations opened in 1864 Railway stations closed in 1953 1864 establishments in Ireland 1953 disestablishments in Ireland Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in the 19th century {{Ireland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooban
Tooban, also known as Tievebane and in Irish as Taobh Bán, is a townland in County Donegal in the north west of Ireland. It is traversed by the R238 road. Faghan Presbyterian church is situated near the centre of the townland. It was served by Tooban Junction railway station Tooban Junction railway station served Tooban in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 September 1864 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an ... from 1864 to 1953. Tooban ( listed in census reports as Tievebane) had a population of 345 people as of the 2016 census. Further reading''Reports from Commissioners'' Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. 1863. p. 59. *Wilkinson, S. B. (1908).''The Geology of the Country Around Londonderry'' H.M. Stationery Office. p. 92. References Geography of County Donegal Townlands of County Donegal {{Donegal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell (), after the historic territory of the same name, on which it was based. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town. The population was 166,321 at the 2022 census. Name County Donegal is named after the town of Donegal () in the south of the county. It has also been known by the alternative name County Tyrconnell, Tirconnell or Tirconaill (, meaning 'Land of Conall'). The latter was its official name between 1922 and 1927. This is in reference to the kingdom of Tír Chonaill and the earldom that succeeded it, which the county was based on. History County Donegal was the home of the once-mighty Clann Dálaigh, whose best-known branch was the Clann Ó Domhnaill, better known in English as the O'Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Londonderry And Lough Swilly Railway
The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it once operated 99 miles of railways. It began the transition to bus and road freight services in 1929. It closed its last railway line in July 1953 but continued to operate bus services under the name Lough Swilly Bus Company until April 2014, becoming the oldest railway company established in the Victorian era to continue trading as a commercial concern into the 21st century. Following a High Court petition by HM Revenue & Customs, the company went into liquidation and operated its final bus services on 19 April 2014. History The railway was initially planned as the Derry and Lough Swilly Railway Company when an application for incorporation was filed in 1852, after spurning the construction of a canal network to connect the two inlets. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Ireland
Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. Around 2.1 million of the country's population of 5.13 million people resides in the Greater Dublin Area. The sovereign state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the , consists of a lower house, ; an upper house, ; and an elected President () who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farland Point Railway Station
Farland Point railway station is a disused railway station that served Farland Point in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 12 December 1864 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it on ... built its line from Londonderry Middle Quay railway station to Farland Point. It closed on 1 August 1866. Routes References Disused railway stations in County Donegal Railway stations closed in 1866 1864 establishments in Ireland 1866 disestablishments in Ireland Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1864 Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in the 1860s {{Ireland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Statute Book
The Irish Statute Book, also known as the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB), is a database produced by the Office of the Attorney General of Ireland. It contains copies of Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments.electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) . Office of the Attorney General from the original by . It also contains a Legislation Directory which includes chronological tables of pre-1922 legislation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnfoot Railway Station
Burnfoot railway station served Burnfoot in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it on ... opened the station on 12 November 1881. It closed on 6 September 1948 Routes References Disused railway stations in County Donegal Railway stations opened in 1881 Railway stations closed in 1948 1881 establishments in Ireland 1948 disestablishments in Ireland Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in the 1880s Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in the 1940s {{Ireland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trady Railway Station
Trady railway station served an area between Tooban and Farland Point in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 12 December 1864 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it on ... built their line from Londonderry Middle Quay to Farland Point. It closed on 1 August 1866. Routes References Disused railway stations in County Donegal Railway stations closed in 1866 1864 establishments in Ireland 1866 disestablishments in Ireland Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1864 Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in the 1860s {{Ireland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrowen Railway Station
Carrowen railway station served Carrowen in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 1 December 1883 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County Londonderry and County Donegal between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it on ... built their line from Londonderry Graving Dock to Letterkenny (LLS). It closed for passengers on 3 June 1940. It remained open for freight until 10 August 1953. Routes References Disused railway stations in County Donegal Railway stations opened in 1883 Railway stations closed in 1940 1883 establishments in Ireland 1940 disestablishments in Ireland Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in the 1880s Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1940 {{Ireland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inch Road Railway Station
Inch Road railway station served Magherabeg in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 September 1864 on the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway line from Londonderry Graving Dock to Carndonagh Carndonagh (; ) is a town on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, close to Trawbreaga Bay. It is the site of the Donagh Cross (or St. Patrick's Cross), believed to date to the 7th century. The Irish name, ''Carn Domhnach'', means .... It closed for passengers on 6 September 1948. Routes References Disused railway stations in County Donegal Railway stations closed in 1948 1864 establishments in Ireland 1948 disestablishments in Ireland Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1864 Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in the 1940s {{Ireland-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
