Summary: Railway Construction
Key dates:
One attraction Ireland had for railway builders was that both land and labour were cheap. The photograph shows a large group of men preparing a cutting for the Clifden branch of the Midland Great Western Railway which was completed in 1895. This allowed remote areas of the country like the Connemara region in Co. Galway to be connected to the rest of the country. There are no mechanical devices in the photograph as the railway builders’ key tools were the pick and shovel.
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