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Railway Square Question

  • 05-12-2011 12:33am
    #1
    PTH2009
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    What was there before the development of the area. ??


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  • #2
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    What was there before the development of the area. ??

    Empty area used as a car park IIRC


  • #3
    longshanks
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    Years ago there was a unicorn farm there, then trains, then a unicorn farm again, then all the unicorns became extinct and the railway to Tramore moved back in. Ther3e was a bit of a controversy with some people accusing Iarnrod Eireannnnn of having the oonicorns killed.
    Last Friday there was a fire there.
    the end


  • #4
    giles lynchwood
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    In the days of horse and carts it was livery stables owned by the Widger family,after that it was the station for the waterford to tramore steam train in the 70s it was a car dealership for Hillman cars owned by the scanlon family,then it was a car park,in the early 90s it became home to a number of street drinkers and was affectionately known as Lindon village after the cheap cider whose empty plastic 2ltr bottles littered the place.


  • #5
    ex_infantry man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭ex_infantry man


    longshanks wrote: »
    Years ago there was a unicorn farm there, then trains, then a unicorn farm again, then all the unicorns became extinct and the railway to Tramore moved back in. Ther3e was a bit of a controversy with some people accusing Iarnrod Eireannnnn of having the oonicorns killed.
    Last Friday there was a fire there.
    the end
    defo a trip to st otterans for you lol


  • #6
    looksee
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    longshanks wrote: »
    Years ago there was a unicorn farm there, then trains, then a unicorn farm again, then all the unicorns became extinct and the railway to Tramore moved back in. Ther3e was a bit of a controversy with some people accusing Iarnrod Eireannnnn of having the oonicorns killed.
    Last Friday there was a fire there.
    the end

    I like that explanation, it sounds about right, I don't recall what was there so he could be right. I'm a bit doubtful about the idea that unicorns could be farmed though?


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  • #7
    1971
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭1971


    go on to facebook and look up Waterford history and in there there are picture of the tramore train,


  • #8
    Professey Chin
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    looksee wrote: »
    I like that explanation, it sounds about right, I don't recall what was there so he could be right. I'm a bit doubtful about the idea that unicorns could be farmed though?

    The unicorns werent farmed. They were the farmers!
    Grow mighty fine squash they did


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