{"id":31051,"date":"2021-04-20T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31051"},"modified":"2021-04-19T22:44:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T02:44:03","slug":"irish-rail-glounthaune-april-20-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/irish-rail-glounthaune-april-20-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Rail Glounthaune\u2014April 20, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Six years ago on this day I was visiting Cobh Junction at Glounththaune, Co. 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