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AGM and talk on Donegal railway heritage in August

Donegal Railway Heritage Centre’s AGM will take place on Saturday, August 13 at 2pm sharp at the museum on The Old Station House, Tyrconnell Street in Donegal Town. This will be followed by a talk from Peter Scott at 3pm from Heritage Engineering ...

25 Jul 2022 at 12:33

South Donegal

Famous 'Drumboe' Donegal train engine gets a new 'steam' of life!

Donegal's most famous train engine 'Drumboe' has built up a head of steam amongst visitors and train aficionados after it was officially launched this week, after her return several months ago to her home in Donegal Town. The Drumboe project is ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:33

Local News

Meet the Donegal brothers whose family history is intertwined with the railway

It was a real trip down memory lane for three Donegal brothers who called into the Railway Heritage Museum in Donegal Town. Tommy, Danny and Seamus McIntyre have been dubbed 'Last of the Railway Kids' by the team at Donegal Railway Heritage ...

27 Aug 2024 at 11:33

New Simon Armitage poem to mark 100 years of Flying Scotsman

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem to mark 100 years since the locomotive Flying Scotsman first entered service. His poem describes how the world famous steam engine “coughed into life” featuring “vast steel circumferences” ...

24 Feb 2023 at 10:51

Home

PHOTOS: No. 131 steam engine comes to Dundalk

Click the 'Next >' arrow above or 'Next Story' below to go through the gallery Saturday saw a moment of Irish Railway Preservation history when the Q Class 4-4-0 No. 131 steam engine carried passengers out of Dundalk. Withdrawn from ...

04 Apr 2023 at 19:33

Crime & Court

Man sentenced over mini steam engine crash at Laois Patrick's Day Parade

A man who crashed into a mini steam engine at a St Patrick’s Day Parade in Stradbally is living in extreme squalor and would have been rescued if he was an animal, a court was told. Raymond Barrett (60) of Luggacurran was convicted ...

14 Jan 2025 at 20:33

Steam locomotive to make passenger debut on heritage railway

A newly-built steam locomotive will be used for passenger services for the first time this weekend. Hundreds of steam enthusiasts will experience No. 6880 Betton Grange at the Cotswold Festival of Steam. Construction of the engine ...

24 May 2024 at 11:50

National News

'Simply has to stop' - Man who crashed into St Patrick's Day parade 'blamed his dog'

A man who crashed into a mini steam engine at a St Patrick’s Day Parade in Stradbally, Co Laois is living in extreme squalor and would have been rescued if he was an animal, a court was told. Raymond Barrett (60) of Luggacurran ...

15 Jan 2025 at 12:14

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