Inchicore Works: 175 years at the heart of Ireland's railways 

An amazing story - lets hope Iarnrod Eireann keep going for many many years into the future and many more journeys across the island of Ireland are made by rail, either on existing tracks or new developments.

Amazing !!! Wishing you another 175 years and more. I had a privilege to work in Inchicore Works for 4 years with great people and I left there piece of my heart.

My father, James (Jimmy) Halford was foreman of the carriage shop from the 1950's until his untimely death in 1971. He was also head of The Works Fire Brigade. In those early days railway carriages were hand built entirely in wood. This changed in the 1960's for safety reasons and steel carriages were then imported from the UK and fitted out in the works. I also was employed in the works as a shop clerk for a short number of years in the early 1960's. Worked variously in the Chief Mechanical Engineers Dept. as well as the carriage shop, paint shop, locomotive shop, foundry etc. Happy memories. Would love to visit again!

i retired from irish rail after 35 yrs service,upon retirement i did not even get a letter of acknowledgement for my service,another coleague who worked along side me retired a few months later no acknowledgement either,we were both attached to portlaoise train care depot upon retirement,

I remember visiting the Inchicore works on a school tour circa 1961. There was a foundry then where they were casting many of the components for steam trains at the time.

My Dad worked in ‘The Works’ as a signal man from 1951 until he retired in 1967. We lived in St. Patrick’s Terrace near the entrance to ‘The Works.’

Shay checking in from dublin thank you ❤❤❤

I always remember a customer of a business run by myself, and my dad lived in the last house just beside inchicore's main gates . Id always look at them and think i wouldn't mind a look in there . Well, on the 175th anniversary of inchicore Railworks, i got my wish . Fantadric day .

I remember visiting the works on a school excursion from the country in 1958.

Well done👍 Greetings for all lads from Wheel Shop, FCR Shop, Diesel 1, Runing Shed and Paint Shop 🚄👍

My Great Grandfather lived in the terraces right beside the works and thus worked there, so did my Grandfather and Uncles so its an important part of my family history

big bird, the hare, pick your nose, tiddle the bricks ,some of the nicknames I heard my father talk about over the years. The old man worked there for over 40 years, retired 2002, his father worked in Broadstone and the Point depot.....all changed now.

Lucky to have grown up in the CIÉ houses. Paul your looking great, your famous...

My father Eddie Billings (R.I.P.) was the Chief Mechanical Engineer with Irish Rail until his retirement...

A super documentary!

Really interesting and well made film.

Brilliant insight

175 years is such a long time. Very interesting.

My grandfather (Alec Dalgarno) worked there (some time in the early 30's I think) and my mother's family all lived in Inchicore. I have a photo somewhere of him on the Inchicore gymnastics team (believe it or not). If you have some sort of museum there I'd be happy to get you a copy.

Great video!

It's grand that Inchicore is still going strong with most of the British railway workshops having long since closed.

Quite amusing that Iarnród Eireann decided to use that same shot at the beginning as the start of the DART+ Fleet information video.

Happy anniversary Inchicore works . What is a continuous improvement specialist? Good to see women getting involved in engineering

My grand dad worked there

Is there any way of getting a clean copy of the image shown from 0.48-0.53 please?

No mention of the 800s? I thought they would get a mention as the most elegant machines to ever emerge from works.

Is it at all possible to visit the facility? Are any sections open to the public?

No mention of the 6101s that were built in inchicore also, Irish rail has gone downhill since the withdrawal of the mk3s well before their time

I'm from Northern Ireland but left there in 1965 at the age of 17.I served 24 years in the RAF.I ended up at RAF finningley in Doncaster which as I'm sure all railway workers will know was the heart of railway engineering in Britain.Sadly this has all gone now.Flying scotsman and Mallard were built here.

Appendix A.2 1Chaucer 2 Gower 3 Occleve 4 Lydgate 5 and other writers.

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Pity about awful background noise ruins the video please remove drivel music.