Boyd, James I.C.

The Schull & Skibbereen Railway.

Mon, The Oakwood Press, 1999. 21,8 cm x 15,3 cm. X, 235 pages. Whit many original photographs throughout. Original hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare. Out of Print.

The Schull & Skibbereen Railway – once more aptly called a Tramway – was bankrupt almost from Day One, operated in a geographically hostile environment and, in the opinion of many, historically hostile too. Like all such institutions, the railway was lovable and left behind a host of folklore which has grown in the telling; there is a danger that, as the author has been told many times by its contemporaries, the public bar might be recognised as its focal centre for management and employees alike! Such folk aver that had it survived until the days of television it would have been a prime subject, another “Oh, Mr. Porter” or similar. Local humour dubbed it the ‘Sick and Sore Railway’, and dismissively as ‘The Tram’. However derisive this may have been, it possessed another side to its character – it was a serious means of transport.

Includes for Example: Government control and State ownership 1916-1925/ Skibbereen/ Skibbereen to Schull Harbour/ Locomotives/ Carriages and Wagons/ Waterborne Competition and Coastal Shipping/ West Carbery Mining and the Railways/ Tickets/ Accounts/ The Final Years, 1926-1956 and after etc.

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Four – Irish Postwar History & Administration · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Railway · Railway – Rare · Schull · Skibbereen · Skibbereen Railway · Train · West Cork
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853615349
• Inventory Number: 50651AB

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