Dundalk Railway Heritage Society to host AGM and meeting on Armagh Rail Disaster

An illustrated lecture will be given by Mr. Charles Friel, well known Railway historian, on the Armagh Rail Disaster of 1889

Dundalk Railway Heritage Society are set to hold their Annual General Meeting at 3.00pm on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at the Oriel Centre (Old Gaol), St. Dominic's Place, Carrick Road, Dundalk Co. Louth.

The committee have extended an invite to the public to attend and would like to inform members that annual subscriptions which are due at the end of February 2025 can be paid on the day.

Once the business of the AGM is finished, there will be an illustrated lecture given by Mr. Charles Friel, well known Railway historian, on the Armagh Rail Disaster of 1889.

The tragedy occurred when a Sunday School Excursion group were travelling from Armagh to Warrenpoint for a day out at the seaside.

The accident left 81 people dead and 260 people injured, many of whom were children.

This led to court cases involving some the GNR(I) rail crew who hailed from Dundalk and eventually to new Regulation of compulsory safety standards in the UK and Ireland.