The Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Light Railway, Ireland, opened in April 1891, was originally operated by two locomotives, both from the Leeds works of the

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. The first of these was an 0-6-0ST named ''

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'', built in 1885 it did not survive to the 1925 amalgamation, being scrapped five years previously. The second locomotive was Hunslet No.520, built in 1890, an

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named ''St. Molaga'', which under the classification adopted by the

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on amalgamation in 1925 became the sole representative of Class L6. This locomotive, along with a third Hunslet, '' Argadeen'', passed to the GSR on amalgamation in 1925. It passed to Córas Iompair Éireann at the 1945 nationalisation and was withdrawn in 1949.

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* Records of the Hunslet Engine Company. * Steam locomotives of Ireland 5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives 0-4-2T locomotives Hunslet locomotives Individual locomotives of Ireland Railway locomotives introduced in 1890 Scrapped locomotives {{steam-loco-stub