Ballyglunin Railway Station

Detached single-storey railway station, built c.1860, having five-bay front elevation and eight-bay trackside elevation, with projecting entrance porch to south-west, canopy to platform, and single-storey extension to south-east. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves having timber soffits, red brick chimneystacks, and replacement aluminium rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to projecting porch gable. Corrugated-iron roof to canopy, supported on six round-plan cast-iron columns, with timber rafters having scrolled ends. Rusticated ashlar stone plinth with hammered finish, draughted and hammered stone quoins to front. Flat roof and squared and snecked stone to south-east extension. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Timber sheeted entrance door with battened overdoor, and four-panel timber door to rear. Flagstone flooring to canopy, with stone edging to platform. Entrance elevation flanked by random rubble stone walls with flat stone copings to north-west and south-east. Railway tracks to rear. Two-bay two-storey signal box having slate roof and red brick walls to south-east.

This delightful former railway station represents an important element of the transport and civil engineering heritage of County Galway. The station was originally built by the Midland Great Western Railway Company, revamped by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company c.1900 when a new platform and canopy was built, as were the single-storey residence, waiting room, office, toilets and lamp room. The building retains its character, proportions and style as well as original features such as timber sash windows and roof slates. The station, together with the goods shed (30405829) and the signal box, forms an attractive railway complex, which is an integral part of the architectural heritage of the area.