The station for the mainline Dublin-Sligo rail route is a grander affair than the local narrow gauge station but still modest in comparison to stations in the larger Irish towns.
Described by Alaistar Rowan as “a large multi-gabled and aggressively picturesqe villa with decorative bargeboards,
Impressive eight storey, five bay stone warehouse,
Belonging to the Shirley family for hundreds of years,
Originally constructed as St Andrews Church of Ireland and built on the site of an earlier church destroyed by fire.
Opened in 1862, closed in the 1970s,
Castellated entrance on Mullingar side of Knockdrin demesne,
The site for the Church and adjoining Convent was donated by the Calbeck Family of Moyle Park,
Held in South Kensington, on a site now occupied by the Natural History Museum.
Constructed for the seaside resort of Bray with 130 bedrooms,
