Broadstone Railway Station

[annieoburns]

For any others interested in Irish railway archives....

IRRS is the Irish Railway Record Society and it has its HQ at Heuston Station, Dublin.  This includes a reading library and archives of railway personnel.  It is open every Tuesday evening from 19.30 until 21.45 from September to June. 

I did make attempts to contact by post to no avail.  Eventually someone did a 'look up' for me and found nothing so I am not sure if their records are complete.  This facility  has come up on another thread recently.  Perhaps someone will report back in time.  Now I have two chaps to pursue, I may have another go myself.

[HugoBeauchamp]

Re IRRS and the MGWR works at Broadstone.

I too would be grateful if someone visiting the IRRS library at Heuston might be able to ask the question about any personnel records that may survive.

My gt grandfather was an engineer/fitter who lived at 1 Graham's Cottages, Monck Place when he died in May 1877 at the age of 41. In view of his address I guess there might be a fairly strong possibility that he was employed at the Broadstone Works. He & his family, including my grandfather, moved to Dublin from Drogheda sometime between Jan 1869 (after grandfather's birth in Drogheda) and Nov 1870 (when grandfather's brother was born in Dublin).

I have a recollection that my father said that his grandfather was a Scottish railway engineer, so working at Broadstone would fit? (Unfortunately, can't find any Scottish records that fit)

Just hoping that there might be some sort of an entry about him from when he arrived in Dublin up to his death - long shot I know!

If anyone can help please PM me - I would be very, very gratefull!

HB

[Gainmcquillan]

My great grandfather Daniel Mc Quillan working in broadstone carrige repair shop dates unsure dies anyone reconis anyone in picture