In the Tracks of the West Clare Railway
In the Tracks of the West Clare Railway

Author: Edmund Lenihan

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1856355799

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Trains are unlikely to ever again run between Ennis and Kilkee. For what was a railway is now a disjointed succession of pieces linking not just places but in a way two worlds: one unhurried and traditional, the other brash, frenzied and modern. This work paints a picture of a time when the railway breathed life into West Clare.

Visionary Pragmatist: Sir Vincent Raven
Visionary Pragmatist: Sir Vincent Raven

Author: Andrew Everett

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2006-05-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 075095681X

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When the "Railway Magazine" of January 2000 published the results of its Millennium Poll, Sir Vincent Raven gained a 42nd place, along with Thomas Newcomen and Arthur Peppercorn. This is the biography of this engineer, illustrated with contemporary archive photographs, portraits and ephemera.

A New History of Ireland
A New History of Ireland

Author: Theodore William Moody

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 1018

ISBN-13: 0199583749

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A New History of Ireland, "in nine volumes, provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the middleages, down to the present day."-- Back cover.

Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World
Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World

Author: Anthony Lambert

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 178131747X

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From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell and the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards and posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections and archives across the world.

A New History of Ireland Volume VII
A New History of Ireland Volume VII

Author: J. R. Hill

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2003-12-04

Total Pages: 1142

ISBN-13: 0191543462

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A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and archaeological evidence, through the Middle Ages, down to the present day. Volume VII covers a period of major significance in Ireland's history. It outlines the division of Ireland and the eventual establishment of the Irish Republic. It provides comprehensive coverage of political developments, north and south, as well as offering chapters on the economy, literature in English and Irish, the Irish language, the visual arts, emigration and immigration, and the history of women. The contributors to this volume, all specialists in their field, provide the most comprehensive treatment of these developments of any single-volume survey of twentieth-century Ireland.