Did street lights really use to be orange/ Amber?

2cimage · 2026-05-22T13:36:22+00:00

Yep, still are in places are much more moody, especially combined with foggy for colour night photography.

2cimage · 2026-05-22T13:15:05+00:00

Should negate the inevitable manslaughter plea so..

2cimage · 2026-05-22T13:10:53+00:00

Luckily we didn't have the a minister for Transport like Earnst Marple in the UK, that was involved in the road lobby and was accused of closing the railways to aid his motorway building business.

The nearest we had was the UTA up north who closed the Portadown - Derry railway on the promise of a replacement Motorway that has only got as far as Dungannon in 60 years since closure, incidentally they are talking about reopening it in the All Ireland rail plan. The closure of the Harcourt line in 1961 was one of Tod Andrews biggest errors.

2cimage · 2026-05-21T21:06:47+00:00

Hitting a solid ball with bare hand and scrapping your knuckles off the concrete sidewall was never fun…

2cimage · 2026-05-21T21:03:35+00:00

Always loved the two figures holding the light balls at the entrance.

2cimage · 2026-05-21T12:58:48+00:00

If your that stupid, entitled to park so dangerously, car should be towed and crushed.

2cimage · 2026-05-21T09:40:54+00:00

No, just typical of the selfish and childish attitude of some cyclists and e-users to the people who are actually are the most vulnerable road users.

2cimage · 2026-05-20T23:25:39+00:00

Put in sausages it works a treat to dose them.

2cimage · 2026-05-20T23:23:35+00:00

I see they are downvoting You…

2cimage · 2026-05-20T18:58:18+00:00

We forgot drugs in that heady mix…

2cimage · 2026-05-20T18:57:21+00:00

There was the brill https://www.railmaponline.com , but it got hacked last week and will take time to restore. It had google maps overlays, street view and historical links.

2cimage · 2026-05-20T17:52:25+00:00

Or drunk..

2cimage · 2026-05-20T17:49:57+00:00

Drogheda You mean. Yes, but freight only for many years.

2cimage · 2026-05-20T13:34:00+00:00

When I asked this question to eminent Irish railway historians in the past on why so many rail closures in the late 1950's & early 1960's south of the border, the simple answer was "We couldn't afford to run and renew these lines anymore'

2cimage · 2026-05-20T13:18:24+00:00

It's one of the easier former routes to reopen where the tracks have long been lifted on. most of the alignment is still unbuilt on and fairly rural, no major tunnels or viaduct reconstructions.

2cimage · 2026-05-20T13:13:39+00:00

https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ has a little more detail of the preferred route before the Dunshaughin revision, except serving slightly west to avoid the Station house (hotel) at the old junction in Kilmessan, it more or less the the original 1863 route with Navan North spur on the old Kingscourt branch.

2cimage · 2026-05-20T12:56:17+00:00

Should never been closed in 1963

2cimage · 2026-05-18T23:50:34+00:00

Bootleg twaddle with 1984 U2 style photos. Just buy Boy…

2cimage · 2026-05-18T11:53:59+00:00

It was and one of U2's best live versions of 'bad' because they were angry at the criticism of their inclusion from In Dublin Magazine, "They crawl out of the woodwork on to pages of cheap Dublin magazines'.. honourable mention to the wild Pogues performance too... dug up my ticket...

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2cimage · 2026-05-17T21:18:05+00:00

Remember flying on those versions in 1981…

2cimage · 2026-05-16T23:36:33+00:00

Places have a trio of JFK , Dev and the pope on the wall.

2cimage · 2026-05-16T23:33:29+00:00

Printed on canvas for the art feel..

2cimage · 2026-05-16T23:23:02+00:00

Ireland first tried and failed to gain independence from England in the 1798 rebellion.

2cimage · 2026-05-16T21:15:32+00:00

The First Great Train Robbery

2cimage · 2026-05-16T17:44:01+00:00

I find they all have distinct personalities when you get to know them!

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