Dromod-YouTube Video

This posting refers to the YouTube video posted below.


The Cavan & Leitrim Railway is run by volunteers. Their Depot is in Dromod, Co. Leitrim. Trains run every weekend, and on Mondays. The group also have a transport museum, with narrow gauge trains of every gauge, buses, planes, fire engines and artillery guns from WW1 and WW2. It is located beside the Irish Rail Station in Dromod.
One of the original locos, No.2, and one of the original carriages, is preserved on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the above.

I was meeting up with my Irish American relatives in Dromod early June 2009,and was told of a railway museum across the railway bridge.
I was persuaded by Mr Michael Kennedy who runs the place to join a couple of guys from Belfast for a look around.
The pictures in this photo story are just some of the items on display here.Some exhibits are almost perfectly preserved,others as will be seen are almost graveyard material.
There's a yellow submarine---the cockpit and passenger section of a Douglas DC7 used by the Queen and Prince Philip in 1958---more aviation memorabilia---a bike that you pedalled on the railway line ! ---artillery---buses and all sorts of vehicles---and a myriad of other stuff.

Michael and his staff (should i call them that), have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the history of any of their exhibits,and i would recommend a visit to anyone with an interest in anything.You'll be well entertained,and all for a donation of your choosing at the end of the tour.
More info at
Dromod

The Glebe in Ireland-Episode 2

Its Sunday the Sunday the 7th of June and i'm up early.The clean irish air has allowed me a good nights sleep.
After breakfast i'm into the car and heading south.
Through sleepy Dowra,and along the shores of Lough Allen,through Drumshambo and Leitrim village.There's been so much development around the Shannon/Erne waterways lots of places are totally unrecognisable from twenty years ago.Almost everywhere a pleasure craft could pull in,there's now at least one apartment block,and in many cases a four or five star hotel.
Now i'm in Carrick on Shannon,and take a walk along the waterway.I think i mentioned on my last visit here the way Carrick had changed.Lots of hotels and shops.There seems to be lots of tourists about.The Wi-Fi i was looking for was closed,so i headed out south to meet up with the folks from america.

Arriving at Dromod,and Cox's Steak House,i enquired the whereabouts of my people.The landlord then proceeded to give me long winded direction how to get there-upon asking for a slip of paper to write them down-i discovered i was being wound up with some irish humour-they were in the apartment upstairs.

After being reunited with the good folk from over the pond,we took a walk down the harbour.Dromod was another sleepy village you'd pass through on the way to Dublin.Now the motorway by passes it,but it's not short of people.There's lots more new houses here.There's even a gated development.This is all for the pleasure craft people.
In the picture above spot the horse and foal...

...I'm not sure how old the foal was,but the mother was still cleaning her up from her birth-an anxious owner was just leaving.
After refreshments i headed back to Carrick to look for my wi-fi connection,and another look round.It's certainly picturesque-lots of bikers about today.



Later,back at Dromod-i take a tour of the Dromod Narrow Gauge railway and Museum,run by a fellow called Michael.I'll do a feature on this later.A really amazing place.

After some more socialising and feasting on very special 'Tacos',i called it a day and headed back to my holiday home.
I had a lovely day.