Photographs of the train derailed at Adavoyle, printed in the Daily Mirror, 27 June 1921
On 24 June 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) derailed a British military train near the station. Four British soldiers were killed and twenty wounded. The attack was carried out by volunteers of the IRA's Fourth Northern Division, led by Frank Aiken. The soldiers had been returning from the opening of Northern Ireland's new parliament, which took place in Belfast two days before.[1]
The building is in ruins. A dwelling house has recently[when?] been built in the grounds of the station.[4] The Dublin-Belfast railway line, including the Enterprise services, still passes the former platforms.[5]
Modellingedit
Tony Miles' Adavoyle Junction in 1963 was an important early model railway using the P4Finescale standards. The desire to model a local broad gauge prototype, without commercial model support, meant that scratchbuilding was necessary anyway and so the adoption of P4 was less of a change than was seen by British standard gauge modellers.[6]
The railway was somewhat fictionalised, as a larger junction with two GNR branches added to it: one running north-west to Monaghan, and the other south-east to a LNWRpacket port at Greenore. A typical Irish 3 foot gauge narrow gauge line ran South to Inniskeen.[6]
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007.
^. Newry Journal. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
^"De Valera Foxed RUC In Newry Town Hall Coup". Newry Memoirs.
adavoyle, railway, station, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Adavoyle railway station news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Adavoyle was a station in the rural townland of Adavoyle near Dromintee in County Armagh Northern Ireland AdavoyleRemains of the station photographed on 24 August 2007General informationLocationAdavoyle Dromintee County ArmaghNorthern IrelandUKCoordinates54 108253 N 6 386688 WPlatforms2Tracks2HistoryOpened1892Closed1933Original companyDublin and Belfast Junction RailwayPre groupingNorthern Railway of IrelandPost groupingGreat Northern Railway Ireland History editThe station was opened in 1892 by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railways then absorbed into the Northern Railway of Ireland Then it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway Ireland The station closed under this management in 1933 nbsp Photographs of the train derailed at Adavoyle printed in the Daily Mirror 27 June 1921On 24 June 1921 during the Irish War of Independence the Irish Republican Army IRA derailed a British military train near the station Four British soldiers were killed and twenty wounded The attack was carried out by volunteers of the IRA s Fourth Northern Division led by Frank Aiken The soldiers had been returning from the opening of Northern Ireland s new parliament which took place in Belfast two days before 1 Future Taoiseach Eamon de Valera was deported through this station by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1924 when he was arrested at the Canal Street police station 2 and put on the train to Dublin at Adavoyle 3 The building is in ruins A dwelling house has recently when been built in the grounds of the station 4 The Dublin Belfast railway line including the Enterprise services still passes the former platforms 5 Modelling editTony Miles Adavoyle Junction in 1963 was an important early model railway using the P4 Finescale standards The desire to model a local broad gauge prototype without commercial model support meant that scratchbuilding was necessary anyway and so the adoption of P4 was less of a change than was seen by British standard gauge modellers 6 The railway was somewhat fictionalised as a larger junction with two GNR branches added to it one running north west to Monaghan and the other south east to a LNWR packet port at Greenore A typical Irish 3 foot gauge narrow gauge line ran South to Inniskeen 6 References edit untitled Archived from the original on 5 September 2007 untitled Newry Journal Archived from the original on 12 October 2008 De Valera Foxed RUC In Newry Town Hall Coup Newry Memoirs J0518 Adavoyle Railway Station Geograph J0518 The Belfast Dublin line at Adavoyle Geograph a b Adavoyle Junction On Irish Tracks Butt R V J 1995 The Directory of Railway Stations Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 1 85260 508 1 page needed Preceding station Historical railways Following stationNewry Great Northern Railway Ireland Dublin Belfast Mountpleasant54 06 25 N 6 23 13 W 54 107 N 6 387 W 54 107 6 387 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adavoyle railway station nbsp This article on a railway station in Northern Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adavoyle railway station amp oldid 1164733770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
