(c) 2016 Mount Merrion Historical Society
8.00pm, Thursday 1st February, 2024
Fitzwilliam Rooms
Mount Merrion Community Centre
Dublin Kingston Railway 1834
The Worlds First Commuter Railway
Michael’s talk will discuss the planning and construction of the Dublin and Kingston Railway which opened in 1834 and which forever changed the coastline of Dublin Bay.
It ran from Westland Row Station (now Pearse Street) to Kingston (now Dun Laoghaire) and works were completed in an astonishing 20 months. Apart from changing the coastline it completely changed the relationship between Dublin City and its Southside suburbs.
As Irelands first railway its success gave momentum to Ireland’s Railway Revolution of the nineteenth century.
Michael will argue that the Dublin and Kingston was the first commuter railway in the World!
Michael Shiel, was born in Blackrock and has lived and worked there all his life. He has always had an interest in local history with a particular interest in the railway. He runs a busy legal practice in Blackrock, is married to Grace with three grown up children and an ever-increasing new generation of grandchildren.
Presented by
Michael Sheil