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October 02, 2005

STATIONMASTERS OF KILDARE

The importance of the railway to Kildare Town cannot be underestimated but the names of the individuals who ran the station and those who worked there are largely forgotton to us. An article in the Leinster Leader of 1901 gives us the names of two of the former stationmasters.

Leinster Leader 10/8/1901 p. 2

THE KILDARE STATION MASTER
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Mr G R Payne, station master at Kildare station of the Great Southern and Western Railway, has been notified of his transfer, on promotion, to Queenstown.  Mr Payne was a most painstaking and efficient official, and the people of the district, while very glad to have learned of his promotion, regret his departure from amongst them. He will be replaced by Mr Maher of Youghall. [sic]

 

 

 

Queenstown is now known as Cobh

Posted by mariocorrigan at October 2, 2005 12:50 PM