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Clifden is located on the western periphery of County Galway. Between 1895 and 1935, it was served by a lightly traveled branch of the old Midland Great Western route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mid-March, we stayed at the Clifden Station House Hotel. The hotel included the Signal Bar & Restaurant, located across the carpark in the old Clifden Railway Station. This was decorated with antique signaling equipment, photographs and vintage railway advertising posters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, on my first visit to Clifden in 1998, I interviewed the railway gate keepers who lived in a railway cottage near the station. This elderly couple had closed the gate after the passage of the last train in 1935. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made these photos using my Lumix LX-series cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Signal Bar & Restaurant is an adaptive reuse of the old Midland Great Western Railway station in Clifden, Co. Galway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It has been 89 years since the last train served this station. Today, it is a popular railway themed bar and restaurant. We enjoyed live music performed here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An old distant signal fits the pub’s railway signal theme. This semaphore can only display yellow or green.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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How many visitors will recognize this antique Harpers Block Instrument? I remember when these relics of the telegraphy era were still in use in Waterford and elsewhere on Irish railways.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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