Irvinestown

Irvinestown, Co.Fermanagh, was located on the June 1866 opened Bundoran branch line of the Great Northern Railway, which diverged from their Dundalk to Enniskillen line at Bundoran Jct. The station at Irvinestown today, which retains all its original buildings, also includes the typical GNR signal cabin at the east end of the station, as well as the fine wooden GNR waiting room on the down platform. The goods shed is attached to the main station building, and is similar to that of Ballyshannon Station further west. Both platforms, including the goods platform remain, although filled in with earth. The road overbridge at the west end of the station has been demolished however. The Bundoran branch was closed in October 1957, along with the rest of the GNR's lines in Fermanagh.
This is the large stone built station building at Irvinestown, dating from 1866. Like other stations on the Great Northern Railway's northwest lines it had an attached goods shed seen here. This is the approach road to Irvinestown Station, now a private residence. The station last saw a passenger in October 1957. A view looking towards Bundoran at the east end of Irvinestown Station, with the end ramp of the former up platform in the foreground. The trackbed has been covered in, but both platforms remain. This is the typical Great Northern Railway style waiting shelter on the down platform at Irvinestown Station. There are still some examples of this type in situ on the present day ex GNR main line.
This is the typical GNR style signal cabin at Irvinestown, located at the east end of the station and probably dating from the 1870s. The signal cabin at Irvinestown retains many of its original exterior features, such as its name board located above the entrance. This is the former goods yard at Irvinestown Station, the site of which is now the garden. In the foreground is the edge of the goods platform. The station at Irvinestown is well preserved, and features its original wooden GNR entrance gate seen here.
There was a road overbridge located at the west end of Irvinestown Station which carried the A35 road over the railway, but this was demolished after closure of the line in 1957. This is the site of the bridge, looking towards Bundoran where a new road and housing estate has been built on the former trackbed. The housing estate built in the 1960s on the former trackbed of the Great Northern Railway's Bundoran branch at Irvinestown is appropriately named 'Railway Terrace'.