Letters

Sir,—The piece in ‘On This Day’ in the last issue (HI 31.4, July/August 2023) regarding the train crash at Cherryville junction near Kildare Station on 22 August 1983 is incorrect on one point. It was not a ‘head-on crash’ but that of a train crashing into the rear of another that had broken down.—Yours etc., … Read more

Sir,—Oliver Doyle’s interesting ‘Artefacts’ contribution in the last issue (HI 31.4, July/August 2023, p. 35) revealed just how significant the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage has been, and is to this day, adding the significant aspect of transport and how the railway company acknowledged its service, and no doubt profits, by the presentation of a chalice and … Read more