Sun dial at Glengoole, Co. Tipperary. ☀️ Engraved by Vere Hunt June 4th 1825. A South Dial declining West 22 Deg. Latitude 52 D. 28 M. North. A real beauty.

Great Southern & Western Railway trespass notice sign. Can't recall where I took this photo.

Metal foot bridge over tracks at Thurles Railway Station, installed in 1883. Erected to prevent people from crossing the tracks going to or coming from trains. Closed to public access nowadays.

Extract from Great Southern Railways book entitled Telegraph Message Code to be used upon Railway Companies Business. 1st July 1939. #RailwayHistory

Membership card for the GS&WR CC, Inchicore, Dublin from 1915. Fixtures against Railway & Steam Packet Union CC, later to become Railway Union, included.

Great Southern & Western Railway Company logo from what looks like the bottom of a broken cup, which I found working on an old railway sidings some years ago. I have not seen another example since, complete or broken.

Extract from the Great Southern Railways Rule Book, 1933

Grave memorial to memory of James O'Connell, aged 11 years, who was killed in an accident at Thurles Railway Station in April 1892. The memorial was erected by the members of the GS&WR Cricket Club. James was interred in St. Mary's graveyard, Thurles. @rwldproject.bsky.social #RailwayHistory

Race articles and results of October 1840 meeting, held over three days, at Thurles Racecourse. #ThurlesRacecourse

@rwldproject.bsky.social Spotted this morning Thurles, Co #Tipperary

Great work being carried out by the team behind Railway worker deaths in GB & Ireland @rwldproject.bsky.social Not accident related, the GS&WR at Thurles had their own cricket team. John Bracken on Clonmel team worked in the post office & is great grandfather to Kyran Bracken, England scrum half.

Delighted to have the opportunity to host this exhibition in Carrick library. @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social @emilymfg.bsky.social

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Bog forest graveyard. A collection of stumps unearthed over the years in Littleton bog.

Dwan's County Orange and Soda Water from their mineral water works at Thurles.

Victorian pillar box at Friar St., Thurles, Co. Tipperary #postboxsaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) membership card, 1981/82. @siptu.bsky.social

Lovely vintage display in Sammon's Pharmacy, at Devlin's Medical Hall in Thurles. The wonderful calendar collage is a real nostalgia trip.

Two Victorian post boxes in Cobh, Co. Cork #postboxsaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social

Cliff Palace, Ballycotton, Co. Cork

Mermaids Purse, Garryvoe Beach, Co. Cork. As it is the first one I ever found, a search online suggests it may be that of a lesser-spotted dogfish. @legolostatsea.bsky.social

Gate Lodge, rural Tipperary. How it started, how it's going. 😕

How it started. How it's going. West Gate, Thurles, a wonderful transformation.

Bill head from R.P. O'Shea, Liberty Square, Thurles. 17 July 1941.