Ardsollus and Quin railway station

Ardsollus and Quin Ard Solus
Site of the station
General information
Location	Ardsallis Ennis, County Clare Ireland
Coordinates	52.8049°N 8.8874°W / 52.8049; -8.8874
History
Opened	17 January 1859
Closed	17 June 1963
Original company	Waterford and Limerick Railway Limerick and Ennis Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Ballycar   Midland Great Western Railway Limerick and Ennis Railway Great Southern and Western Railway   Clarecastle
Location Ardsollus and Quin Location within Ireland

Ardsollus and Quin railway station, also spelled Ard Solus was a station on the railway from Limerick to Ennis and served the village of Quin in County Clare, Ireland.

History

Opened by the Limerick and Ennis Railway, at the beginning of the 20th century, the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway (GSWR). It was absorbed by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, and so joined the Great Southern Railways.

During the Irish Civil War, two anti-Treaty IRA members, were executed after being convicted of sabotaging Ard Solus station.^[1][2]

The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944^[3] which took effect from 1 January 1945. The passenger service ceased but freight traffic passed on to the Iarnród Éireann in 1986.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.^{[page needed]}
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.^{[page needed]}

1. "Patrick Hennessy, Photograph". www.clarelibrary.ie.
2. Corbett, Kevin (18 January 2023). "'Dying for Ireland and still true to the Republic to the last'".
3. "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007.