Looking back at Dundalk's past, with former Democrat editor Peter Kavanagh. When writing the article last week about my memories of the last train that ran to Greenore from Dundalk on the night of December 31, 1951, I came across a series of articles written by Tom McDevitte, an old G.N.R. Railway Works clerk who lived in Castle Road for many years after he married a local 'Miss O'Neill', about Greenore Port.
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A Night to Remember. Some years ago I wrote in these notes about the last passenger train to run from Dundalk to Greenore on December 31, 1951 as I recalled that I had been on that journey from Quay Street Railway Station to the terminus at the Greenore Hotel on the night. Well, just this week I was informed by a friend that some railway enthusiasts from Dundalk and Greenore were holding a ceremony at Greenore Port (The old Hotel is long gone) on New Year's Eve to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of that event and I thought I might jot down a few memories I still have of that night before they fade completely from my mind!
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