Great Southern Railway (Ireland)
URI(s)
Variants
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Additional Related Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
found: The man from the railway, 1992
found: BL database, 28 Mar. 2000(hdg.: Great Southern Railway)
found: Share issues from the Great Southern Railway of Ireland and its constituent companies, 1925-1945, 1997
found: The Dublin & South Eastern Railway, c1998:p.60 (became part of the Great Southern Railway in 1925)
found: The Farranfore to Valencia Harbour railway, c2003-:v.1 p.25 (GS&WR) v.1 p.121 (the Railway Act became law on 23 July 1924, and provided for the amalgamation of all the railways within the Irish Free State into one company with the exceptions of some small lines) v.1 p.128 (on 1 Jan. 1945, the GSR Company and the Dublin United Transport Company merged to form Coras Iompair Éireann)
found: Irish Railwayana WWW site, 24 Oct. 2005:Great Southern Railway(s) (created by the Railways (Directorate) Act of 1924; under its terms the GSWR, MGWR and CBSCR amalgamated to become the Great Southern Railway. By 1 Jan. 1925, the DSER was added and absorption of smaller railways commenced under a new group title "Great Southern Railways")
found: Irish Railwayana WWW site, 24 Oct. 2005:Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (amalgamated with the Great Southern Railways in 1925)
found: West Clare Railway Co. WWW site, 24 Oct. 2005:WCR history (orig. opened in 1887; amalgamated with the Great Southern Railway in 1925)
found: BL auth. file, 24 Oct. 2005(hdg.: Great Southern Railway)
found: Cork Bandon & South Coast Railway, 2005:p.81 (the CB&SCR amalgamated on 12 Nov. 1924 with the GS&WR and the MGWR to form the Great Southern Railway)
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
2005-10-24: new
2014-05-21: revised
Alternate Formats
