Ballynahinch railway station, County Galway

This article is about the former MGWR railway station in Connemara. For the former County Down B&CDR station, see Ballynahinch railway station.

Ballynahinch railway station was on the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Clifden branch line from Galway.

Ballinahinch railway station
General information
Location	County Galway Ireland
Coordinates	53.4553°N 9.8669°W / 53.4553; -9.8669
History
Original company	Midland Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1895	Station opens
1935	Station closes
Route map Legend Clifden Ballynahinch Recess Hotel Platform Maam Cross Oughterard Ross Moycullen R. Corrib Prospect Hill Galway Lough Atalia Bridge To Athenry Athlone & Dublin

History

The station was the last from on the line to Clifden, some 5 miles (8.0 km) distant, c. 42 miles (68 km) miles from Galway and just 5 miles (8.0 km) from the previous station Recess.^[1] Like Maam Cross the station was not immediately ready when public services started to Clifden on 1 July 1895 and opened a little later.^[2] The station served the area of Ballinahinch as well as Ballynahinch Castle, which had been built in 1684 for the Martyn family. In the early 1900s, the castle was the summer residence of Ranjitsinhji, the Maharaja of Nawanagar, and former test cricketer with the English Cricket Team.

The station closed with the line in 1935,^[1] since being renovated and now a private dwelling.^[3]

References

Footnotes

1. Shepherd (1994), p. 119.
2. Shepherd (1994), p. 46,119.
3. Harrison (2020).

Sources

• Shepherd, W. Ernest (1994). The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History. Leicester: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-008-7. OCLC 60006991.
• Harrison, Roger (11 April 2020). "Ballynahinch Railway Station". Galway County Heritage Office. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

Further reading

• Ryan, J. H. (1902). "The Galway to Clifden Railway". Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland. 28. Dublin: 203–236. doi:10.48495/tm70mz48v.