Birdhill

Location type

Station


Name and dates

Birdhill (1860-)

Opened on the Limerick and Castleconnell Railway.

Opened on the Roscrea and Parsontown Junction Railway.



Dates

  /  /1860Limerick and Castleconnell Railway
Extended from Castleconnell to Birdhill.
  /  /1861Roscrea and Parsontown Junction Railway
Roscrea to Birdhill (Limerick and Castleconnell Railway) authorised. (Correct company?)
  /  /1862Limerick and Castleconnell Railway
Extended from Birdhill to Killaloe (by Lough Derg).
  /  /1901Limerick and Castleconnell Railway
Trains cease working from Limerick and commence from Birdhill.
  /  /1931Limerick and Castleconnell Railway
Birdhill to Killaloe closed to passengers.
  /  /1944Limerick and Castleconnell Railway
Birdhill to Killaloe closed to goods.
  /  /1953Limerick and Castleconnell Railway
Birdhill to Killaloe closed.
  /  /1964Roscrea and Parsontown Junction Railway
Nenagh to Birdhill opened.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)
North Sunderland Railway (Locomotion Papers)
The North Sunderland Railway (Locomotion Papers; no. 36)