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What was the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway?

Now, there is a street in Dalkey that goes by the unusual name of ‘Atmospheric Road'. This name,...

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14.48 22 May 2026


What was the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway?


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14.48 22 May 2026


Now, there is a street in Dalkey that goes by the unusual name of ‘Atmospheric Road'.

This name, however, is a nod to a most unusual train, the Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, that carried passengers between Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey in the 19th Century.

Mia Sherwood Scully, Journalist and Historian joins Seán to discuss.


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