Clones
General information
LocationClones, County Monaghan
Ireland
History
Original companyDundalk and Enniskillen Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
26 June 1858Station opens
1 October 1957Station closes

Clones railway station was on the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway in Ireland.

The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway opened the station on 26 June 1858.[1]

Following the Partition of Ireland in December 1921, a group of Irish Republican Army volunteers attempted to ambush a party of Ulster Special Constabulary policemen travelling on a train through Clones Station on 11 February 1922. The IRA volunteers entered the carriage while the train was stopped at the station and ordered the Specials to put their hand up. In the ensuing gunfight, IRA Commandant Matthew Fitzpatrick was shot and four Ulster Constabulary Specials were killed.[2]

The station closed on 1 October 1957. The entire line closed in 1960.

Routes

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newbliss   Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway
Dundalk to Enniskillen
  Newtownbutler
Smithborough   Ulster Railway
Portadown to Clones
  Terminus
Terminus   Clones and Cavan Extension Railway
Clones to Cavan
  Redhills
Former GNR line crossing the being restored Ulster Canal.

References

  1. "Clones" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. Robert John Lynch (2006). The Northern IRA and the early years of partition, 1920-1922. Irish Academic Press.

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