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CLIFDEN 2012
RAILWAY AND
TRANSPORTATION
WEEKEND
Jacinta O'Flaherty, Leitir Mealláin
Bodlian Library
FRIDAY 17 TH –SUNDAY 19 TH
FEBRUARY 2012

CLIFDEN 2012 RAILWAY
AND TRANSPORTATION WEEKEND
Friday, 17th Feb, 2012
7pm:
Official Opening. Clifden Station House.
Introduction to weekend walks with Michael
Gibbons & Shane Joyce.
8pm: Tracking through Connemara’s History -
a discussion by Paul Duffy on the Clifden - Galway
Railway Line.
Saturday, 18th Feb, 2012
10.30am: “Working Boats of the Galway coast”
Cóilín O’hIarnáin. €5.00
11.30am: “The development of early infrastructure in
Connemara”, Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill. The topic will
cover the engineer Alexander Nimmo and the
construction of roads in Connemara in the early
19th century. €5.00
12.30: Lunch, Station House
1.30: Field Trip of South West Connemara with
Michael Gibbons.- A 3-4 hour field trip.
Advance booking essential for this event.
Please contact 0872322451.
Walking Boots required. €20.00 per person.
Meeting Point: Station House Hotel.
Sunday, 19th Feb, 2012
12.30: Railway Walk, with Shane Joyce and Michael
Gibbons. Advance Booking Essential for this event.
Please contact 0872322451.
Walking Boots required. €10.00 per person.
Meeting Point: Station House Hotel.
4pm:
Prices:
Gathering of the Railway Families. Afternoon Tea in
Clifden Station House. Digital archiving available of
any memorabilia. Please bring old documents or
photos.
Saturday’s Lectures, Lunch & Field Trip:€35.00
Lunch & Field Trip: €25.00
Exhibitions: Clifden Library; Station House
Entertainment nightly throughout the town.
For further details, please see www.clifden2012.org
or contact info@clifden2012.org