Attymon Railway Station

The saved account records: Detached five-bay single-storey railway station, built c.1890, with veranda to trackside elevation, and remains of single-bay block to south gable.

The saved account records: Pitched slate roof with rendered red brick chimneystacks.

The saved account records: Square-headed openings, now boarded up, with black brick block-and-start surrounds, and tooled limestone sills to window openings.

The saved account records: Detached two-bay single-storey goods shed to west of station and north of railway line, and having pitched slate roof, red brick walls with wrought-iron wall ties, segmental-arch openings with red brick voussoirs and remains of multiple-pane metal-framed window.

Attymon Railway Station matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This late nineteenth-century railway station dates to the opening of the Dunsandle spur of the Dublin to Galway Railway Line by the Midland Great Western Railway. The use of factory-made bricks and the increasing availability of coloured brick became popular in buildings of this era. Although disused and in poor repair, it retains its form and detailing, and forms an interesting group with the railway bridge, goods store and platform. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.