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Great Southern Trail Review 1994 Published by the Great Southern Trail Action Group (1994) TABLE OF CONTENTS Words form the Editor.................................... ..........................................Page 1 Foreword: .............. .Page 5 Historical Background: (Dr. Pat O Connor) . ...........Page 6 The Post Railway Scene: . .. .............Page 7 The Great Southern Trail:... .. .............Page 8 Sustrans overview of World Scene: (Philip Insall).... .......Page 22 Sustrans Greenway Projects in Britain: . ...........Page 23 Report on Environmental Protential of the G.S.T:(Gordon D Arcy) ...........Page 29-33 Analysis of Survey on Recreation: (Lorraine Curtin) .. ..........Page 34-35 Words from the Editor In these pages you will find a medley of information pertaining to the Great Southern Trail and its hinterland. A short history of the Railway era in West Limerick/North Kerry by Dr. Pat O Connor is complemented with selection of photographs previously unpublished. A concise gazetteer of the towns and villages en route together with accompanying maps will hopefully whet the reader s appetite to savour the trail. A report on the Environmental Potential of the Trail has been prepared by the eminent Botanist, Gordon D Arcy and gives particular emphasis to Tullig Wood (near Devon Road) and the Listowel areas. An overview of the Greenways in Britain, Europe and elsewhere is provided by the experts in the field of Cycle / Walkway design and construction, Sustrans of Bristol. A summary of the campaign by the Great Southern Trail Action Group to date is included along with an analysis of a survey carried out in summer 1993 in Abbeyfeale, Newcastle West and Rathkeale. This shows great public interest in the development of the Trail. The Gazetteer, maps and survey have been the work of three most diligent and motivated third-level students: Lorraine Curtin, Michael McCoy and Emer O Regan who were employed under the Student Summer Jobs scheme in 1993. Thanks are also due to the Department of Social Welfare for sanctioning their employment. It is the fervent wish of the Action group to be in the position of providing work on the physical development of the Trial in the summer of 1994. To achieve this the support of C.I.E. as well as Limerick and Kerry Councils is essential. The assistance of you, the reader, is also of crucial importance. Help can be given by lobbying politicians, promoting the Trail in the media or by becoming a Friend of the Great Southern Trail . Contact can be made through Jim McNamara, Lios An Uisce, Newcastle West, Tel: (069) 83114 or Mick Mac Domhnaill, Gort Bui, Newcastle West, Tel: (069) 62597. The support of our friends in the Galway Leisure Cyclists Group (25 LoughnaneTerrace, Mervue, Galway) is much appreciated and we wish them every success in their endeavours. Thanks are also due to Aughinish Alumina for sponsoring the environmental Report and to our other advertisers. Among the photographers are Jonathan Allen, Mike Pierse and the late Frank Tierney. A final word of thanks is due to Denis Buicke of D.B. Printers for his patience and dedication. Ta suil again to mbainfidh sibhse, na leitheoiri, taitneamh as na leathanaigh seo agus go mbeidh sibh in eineacht linn in ar saothar. Please support our endeavours to provide the Mid-West with a wonderful tranquil amenity, which will benefit all and militate against none. Liam O Mahony Editor May 1994 FOREWORD by Gordon D Arcy The notion of a Great Southern Trail is as unique as it is ambitious: there is surely not another 53 miles of ready-made undeveloped amenity elsewhere in the entire country. This linear resource represents an irresistible opportunity for the north Munster region (being less distinguished than much of this richly endowed province). Visitors tend to be attracted to the pretty towns on the main routes or else pass on to enjoy the attributes of the fine coastline nearby. Consequently some of the country s best historical sites such as Rattoo round tower are often bypassed. While Rattoo is some distance away from the Trail there are other historical sites which are not, for example Ardagh, where one of Ireland s most important artefacts was discovered. Environmental locations of interest like Tullig wood in Limerick and Listowel loop in Kerry are also adjacent to and easily accessed from the Trail. It is this linkage aspect that epitomises the Trail s potential. Nowadays when emphasis is being placed on closer links between E.U. states, between Britain and Ireland, between north and south it is encouraging to see parallels at county and regional level too. Unlike so many rural undertakings, confined as they often are to the enthusiasm and endeavour of separate communities here is a project, which reaches out to an unseen neighbour in a gesture of mutual trust and generosity. The promise of increased prosperity through tourism and related enterprises is not confined to one locality or another but spread via the Trail from the heart of one county into that of the other. For me, however it is the educational potential of the project that brings it to the fore. I can easily envisage future generations of the youth of Munster utilising this facility both for recreation on foot, cycling, perhaps even on horseback and for learning. Already we have seen the beginnings in the inventory of heritage sites compiled in the summer of 1993 by students employed in a research and development scheme (the results are contained within this report). Soon we will be seeing others scouts, girl guides, youth groups, students from primary to tertiary level, utilising the facility and undertaking myriad research projects yet to be announced. The projects already in train for 1994 indicate that the programmed to set on track the development of this great Trail is rapidly gaining in momentum. It is my earnest hope that before any celebrations are underway to mark the end of the present decade, the Great Southern Trail, its various phases of development completed, will be up and running and ready to transport all of us into the new millennium. R.T.E. Broadcaster Donncha O Dulaing on the Trail in Ardagh Sept 1993 Historical Background The Railway Age After Limerick city had been connected to the Irish railway system in 1848, the onward link to Tralee was forged in three stages in the period 1858-80. Firstly, in 1858 the Limerick and Foynes Railway commenced operations via Ballingrane. This was followed some three years later by the formation of a company known as the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway (R. & N.J.R.), which sought to join Newcastle with the Foynes line at Ballingrane. Progress proved slow due in large measure to an insufficiency of financial backing by the English controlled company, and in a belated attempt to expedite the project; a completion fund was launched in November 1865. In less than two months the bulk of the £5,000 necessary for completion was raised locally. Even before its inception therefore, local and regional interests had identified positively with a new railway in the making, and the 10-mile stretch from Ballingrane to Newcastle West was opened for traffic on January 1 1867. Double Headed Steam Train departs Newcastle West heading for Tralee June 1964. (F. Tierney) Newcastle remained the terminal station for several years thereafter during which schemes to link Limerick with Tralee via either Foynes or Newcastle were discussed. Eventually, a proposal of 1865 which had been shelved was activated as the Limerick and Kerry Railway (L. & K.R.) and in the closing years of the 1870 s the 43 mile section from Newcastle to Tralee via Barnagh was built. It was opened on December 20th. 1880. Among the three companies involved in running and maintaining the line a pattern of divided proprietorship continued through to the new century. Finally, in 1902 the R.& N.J.R. and the L. & K.R. were absorbed into the Great Southern and Western Railway (G.S. & W.R.) In this century sufficient evidence may be adduced of the capacity of the Limerick Tralee Railway to serve the needs of the West Limerick /North Kerry region. For example, arising out of the Newcastle West August fair of 1916 over 90 wagons of cattle and sheep were transported to onward destinations by the G.S. & W.R., and at peak four passenger trains and one goods train operated daily to and from Limerick. However, the early impetus failed to be maintained. Following on the Emergency (1939 45), operations were scaled down to such an extent that, as we embarked upon the expansive decade of the 1960 s prospects for the railway appeared paradoxically bleak. Closure & its Aftermath A decisive blow to viability was struck in 1963 when, apart from occasional specials, passenger services were withdrawn. Further retrenchment followed. In 1972 goods trains ceased running through to Tralee as once again Newcastle reverted to its former role as terminus. After that, closure came in two stages. On October 31st. 1975 the last revenue generating train entered Newcastle with one wagon of cement for a local firm. On January 10th 1977 freight services were withdrawn on the Listowel-Tralee section of the line. The Post Railway Scene From until 1987 the line remained in place but unused. Despite the campaign 1977 waged by the Limerick & Kerry Railway Society (founded in 1986) for its continued retention the axe finally fell in November 1987 with the issuing of an Abandonment order by the Board of C.I.E. Lifting of the track commenced in January 1988 and as the lifting progressed interest began to increase in the re-use of the track bed as a walkway and caravan trail. Shannon Development undertook research on the feasibility of such an idea and commissioned a major study from SUSTRANS of Bristol, England.
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