Old Railway Carriages

Railway Man

Hi there I'm new to this site and I'm visiting Ireland at the end of this month.

I was wondering if anybody on here could assist me ?

I have been told about some locations where old railway carriages bodies can be found as holiday homes etc. Was hoping somebody might know about them and be able to give me their exact locations so thatvI can visit them and take some photographs (that I can possibly use in a book I'm currently working on).

The locations that I have been told where railway carriage bodies can be found are :
Coxs Field
Crosshaven
Youghal
Ballyvoyle
Annestown/Arnestown
Owenahincha Beach

So if anybody can help me with the exact locations of these (or any other railway carriage bodies) that would be greatfully appreciated.

Thanks

Del.Monte

Off the top of my head I'd say you're too late to the party. Almost all carriages that were used as holiday homes are long gone although 20 years ago I remember some along the Waterford coast.

whisky_galore

Very, very few left.

When people could afford it, they demolished them and replaced them with a new structure. I know of 1 or 2 that are being used as holiday homes and about the same number derelict and living on borrowed time.

roundymac

50 Years ago Crosshaven was full of old carraiges/bus's/ ford box's which were used as holiday homes. Now you will find upmarket homes.

erkifino

Search for 'Glamping'. It's short for glamorous camping. I know there was a place in Sligo with and eclectic collection of trains, buses etc even a Boeing 747. I don't know if that particular place is open but there maybe others scattered around the island.

Another point of interest is the Orient Express restaurant in the Glenlo Abbey.https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/galways-orient-express-inside-irelands-most-unusual-hotel-restaurant-34590884.html

Railway Man

whisky_galore wrote: »

Very, very few left.

When people could afford it, they demolished them and replaced them with a new structure. I know of 1 or 2 that are being used as holiday homes and about the same number derelict and living on borrowed time.

Hi there do you know the exact location of the 1 or 2 that are being used as holiday homes ? - hopefully they will still be around for a couple more weeks and I will be able to photograph them cheers

purplepanda

There's one in Enniscrone on The Wanderers's photo thread! https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=106130728&postcount=2870

patrickc

the ticket office at the suir valley railway is an old carriage. (by modern standards can't think if it's a craven or not)

end of the road

patrickc wrote: »

the ticket office at the suir valley railway is an old carriage. (by modern standards can't think if it's a craven or not)

it's a mark 2-d if i remember rightly.

JeffK88

I know in 2014 there was some abandoned rail carriages at Killashee House in Naas, Kildare. Not sure if they are still there.

roundymac

Its a MK11 alright.

Del.Monte

I almost forgot, there's a good few at Dromod.

queenm79

JeffK88 wrote: »

I know in 2014 there was some abandoned rail carriages at Killashee House in Naas, Kildare. Not sure if they are still there.

The Kilashee ones were still there last year, I was there twice to see them.

Caragh Nurseries also has one made over into their café.

Drifter50

There are definitely a number of options still available to you.

1. In Enniscrone there is Quirky`s Glamping Village. They`ve had a 3CIG Class 421 EMU unit complete in original BR green livery delivered recently and its in good shape. Go on You Tube and search Quirky`s Glamping trains and you`ll find it.
2. Cavan & Leitrim Railway Museum, Dromod Co Leitrim. You`ll find a bundle of old railway carraiges here from the older CIE wooden stock to the rail buses that were used on the narrow gauge railways duch as the C&L and Donegal. Again on You Tube search Dromod trains and you`ll find a load of stuff that visitors have put up.

Hope you find what you are looking for.........

BowWow

Two old Orient Express carriages used as a restaurant at Glenlo Abbey Hotel in Galway.

http://www.glenloabbeyhotel.ie/en/pullman-restaurant-galway/

Eiretrains

Was Youghal a place too where there were many carriages used as holiday homes (might be able to confirm Del Monte)? Last time I was there I glimpsed this and wondered whether it had some 'railway' heritage:
https://goo.gl/maps/1MxrkBiPe8L2

Del.Monte

That holiday home sure looks like it's some sort of converted railway carriage and Youghal (Claycastle) used to have loads of old carriages now long gone. A Giant's Causeway tram even found its way there (now at Howth Transport Museum) and was used as an ice cream shop for years:

Ireland, indeed, was a pioneer in electric trams, with the Giant's Causeway tram of 1883, which is also thought to be the oldest surviving tram in the world. This, which has been immortalised in story and songs, has many a tale to tell. After ending its working days in September 1949, it found its' way to Youghal, Co Cork, where it was converted to a shop, before retiring to the Howth Transport Museum, where it is being restored. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishwoman-s-diary-1.69912

More here:

http://www.tram.vintagecarriagestrust.org/tms/tramInfo.asp?Ref=123

whisky_galore

That's a hell of a long way for an old tram body to go!