Places to find Great Northern Buses & Lorries today.

Please remember to support the volunteers at the Transport Museum in Howth Co.Dublin!

Despite the fact that it is over forty years since the existence of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland there is a valuable collection of GNR vehicles. 

Transport Museum - Howth Co.Dublin.

If you want to see a fascinating collection of GNR vehicles and many other interesting exhibits besides you must pay a visit to the Transport Museum at Howth just North of Dublin. There you'll see a GNR Gardner as well as the only surviving GNR AEC Regent Double Decker bus.

This photograph which was taken at Carrickarnon Border Post is not what it seems at first. It is in fact the Howth preserved AEC Regent III 438 in a stage-managed pose arranged by TMSI President Michael Corcoran to whom I am very grateful.

The helpful and knowledgeable volunteers at the Transport Museum will delight you with stories and information on every aspect of the many vehicles on display which include:

Trams Buses, Lorries, Electric Vehicles, Military Vehicles, Heavy Haulage Tractors, Fire Engines and other transport artefacts.

There are about 60 exhibits at Howth many of them unique examples from the Transport history of Ireland.

Open: October - May Saturday/Sunday & Bank Holidays including 26^th December - 1 January 14:00 - 17:00.

June - September Monday/Saturday 10:00 - 17:00, Sunday 14:00 - 17:00 other times by appointment.

Access: Howth Transport Museum is 800 meters from Howth DART Station (ex-GNR) and is served by frequent buses from Dublin (Lower Abbey Street) Bus Number 31 which follows the old GNR route from the City. By car the Museum is well signposted along the Howth Road (R105) from Sutton Cross. Look out for a right turn off this road towards Howth Castle. The Museum is situated in the Castle grounds 

Admission: Adults £ 1.60,Children and Concession 80 pence, families (two adults and up to five children or one car with four people) £4. A special rate of 80 pence is given to bona fide members of transport societies on production of a current membership card. This has got to be the best value in town! 

Contact Details: Transport Museum Society of Ireland, Heritage Depot, Howth Demesne, Howth, Dublin 13. Phone + 353 1 832 0427 or mobile + 353 86 828 9437.

Cavan & Leitrim Railway - Dromod.

One of the Transport treasures of Ireland is the restored Cavan and Leitrim Railway at Dromod, County Leitrim. There you can sample a narrow gauge train ride and see many railway exhibits including steam locomotives and other interesting items of rolling stock. There are also many road vehicles on display at Dromod from a variety of collections including two GNR Gardner buses one of which has been fully restored and is in full working order. The second Gardner is presently in a state of dereliction, awaiting restoration. There is also a former GNR AEC Regal IV bus that has been turned into a rail passenger-carrying vehicle. Again a friendly welcome awaits you at Dromod and every effort should be made to visit the facility.

Preserved Gardner 389, which you can find at Dromod.

Open: 7 days a week between 11:00 - 17:30. During the winter season a diesel hauled train or railcar service is operated Monday to Sunday.

Access: Irish Rail/Iarnrod Eireann services from Dublin to Sligo call at Dromod Station and operate daily. Bus Eireann also operate services from Dublin daily to Dromod (Journey time 2h50) which drop you in the village which is 250 yards from the station. You can get an excellent pub lunch in "The Brandywell" Pub which is within walking distance from the station.

Admission: Adults £3,Child/OAP £1.50, and Family Ticket £6. Tour Groups are welcome. Prior notice is requested in order that a special welcome can be arranged.

Contact Details: The Cavan & Leitrim Railway can be contacted via e-mail at dromod@eircom.net Alternatively the Telephone/Fax number is + 353 78 38599 or by post to Cavan & Leitrim Railway, Dromod, Co.Leitrim, Ireland.

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