Architecture of Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

1855 – Railway Viaduct, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Built between 1851 and 1855, the Drogheda Railway Viaduct is an impressive feat of engineering –

1858 – Former Railway Station, Tynan, Co. Armagh

Fantastic small Gothic Railway Station, which has spent many years closed up, and is an increasing state of dereliction.

1859 – Former Great Northern Railway Station, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Alfred G.S. Clayton

Fantastic small stone Railway Station, which although has spent many years closed up, still has its platforms intact.

1860 – Former Great Northern Railway Station, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Sir John MacNeill / William G. Murray

The Railway Station possibly designed by Sir John MacNeill on a more modest scale than his masterwork at Portadown with some later adaptations by William G.

1860 – Station Master’s House, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

A fine little house sited beside the railway station and built for the Station Master. Similar to other station master’s houses on this line,

1862 – Railway Station, Portadown, Co. Armagh

Architect: John MacNeill

John MacNeill’s masterpiece, a long polychromuc brick station with the stately air of a great house.

1863 – Railway Station, Omagh, Co. Tyrone

Architect: William G. Murray / William H. Mills

Constructed by the Irish North Western Railway in 1862-63, and later extended by the Great Northern Railway which took over the INWR in 1883.

1870 – Foyle Road Railway Station, Derry

Architect: Turner & Williamson

Italianate railway terminus for the Great Northern Railway Company by Turner & Williamson. This was one of two stations in Derry,

1873 – School, Euston Street, Greenore, Co. Louth

Built in 1873 to provide educational facilities for the children of the workers at the large port and railway facilities. The village of Greenore,

1876 – Great Northern Hotel, Rostrevor, Co. Down

Architect: William J. Watson

A large hotel facing Carlingford Lough, with a main frontage of almost 150 feet broken into a central block and two lower wings.