Railway Station House, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow
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| In collection: | The Lawrence Photograph Collection |
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[between ca. 1865-1914].
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| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/40377881650/ Robert French was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection. For more information, see the Dictionary of Irish Biography: http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a3369 Physical description: 1 negative : glass ; 22 x 17 cm Geographic Coverage: Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Province of Leinster, Ireland. more |
Back when railway stations were designed with a sense of style and purpose, this confection was landed in Bagenalstown in County Carlow. The symmetrical design was to cater for the vast flow of passengers in and out - though they had departed by the time this shot was taken. However, careful examination will show that a couple of special passengers are making their way to the right hand entrance and near the left there is a d.....
We learned that this station, together with several other "picturesque gothic" stations in Ireland, was designed by English architect Sancton Wood. Though closed for a period in the late 20th century, Muine Bheag (Bagenalstown) station is since reopened and is a "halt" on the Dublin to Waterford line...
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_10668
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Robert French, William Lawrence, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Studio, Glass Negative, National Library of Ireland, Bagenalstown, County Carlow, Ireland, railway station, symmetrical, design, dog, chickens, ticket office, Muine Bheag, Sancton Wood, Station, Cherry's Ale, Lawrence Photograph Collection
Comments
Rory_Sherlock
Streetview:
www.google.ie/maps/@52.699774,-6.9534717,3a,75y,137.68h,7...
25" Map
maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,670791,661403,12,9
Posted: 18.05.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2000 via [https://www.flickr.com/photos/glennaa/]
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/glennaa/554328576/]
Spookily close
Posted: 18.05.2018
B-59
The building dates from 1850.
www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography...
Posted: 18.05.2018
B-59
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/139877639@N08]: Your Streetview link does not seem to work
Streetview
Posted: 18.05.2018
abandoned railways
Opened on 24 July 1848. It was closed for goods traffic on 6 September 1976. Now Mhuine Bheag, a halt from 31 April 1988.
Posted: 18.05.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
"Architect: Sancton Wood
Wonderful symmetrical composition with a stationmaster’s house in the upper floor of the central building. His quarter have a small balcony over the ticket hall.The building suffers visually from the large expanse of tarmacadam out front."
From - archiseek.com/2013/railway-station-bagnelstown-co-carlow/
Something that shouts at me about this and many other Lawrence photos - they would have looked a lot better with the windows closed. Discuss.
Posted: 18.05.2018
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
Posted: 18.05.2018
Niall McAuley
Per the DIA, this was designed by Sancton Wood, who also designed Heuston Station (then Kingsbridge) and several other "picturesque Gothic" stations.
Posted: 18.05.2018
Foxglove
And yes ! there is a little dog too
Posted: 18.05.2018
Salty Windows
Poster for Cherry's ale. Looks like "New Ross" at the bottom of the poster.
Downriver: twitter.com/blackstairsbrew/status/427767188305371136
Posted: 18.05.2018
DannyM8
aha a Dog...
Posted: 18.05.2018
abandoned railways
A note about the windows. All the floors were untreated wooden boards and scrubbed clean by hand, with cold water. To stop the wood warping they had to be dried quickly, hence the fresh air.
Posted: 19.05.2018
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album . Nice Week End.
Posted: 19.05.2018
Salty Windows
Quintessential free range chickens!
Posted: 19.05.2018
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks all - Excellent stuff as usual. Map/tags/text/etc all updated!
(FYI - Owing to other commitments amongst "the Marys", we may need to take a break from posts for a few days next week. Just a "heads up" for now. To hopefully preempt any separation anxiety :) )
Posted: 19.05.2018
john waters
Mhuine Beag.
Posted: 25.10.2018
tonyheaney
the sentence ends with...
re making their way to the right-hand entrance and near the left there is a d.....
Posted: 24.03.2019
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/43927621@N02]. It certainly does. We were hinting at the existence of a dog. (Sometime we just use initials and then trail off...... As some of our Flickroonies would get overly excited if we just blurted out the existence of a curious canine....)
Posted: 26.03.2019
