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Ballyroney railway
« on: Monday 12 May 14 00:10 BST (UK) »
Station closed in 1950s. Any ideas where to get former employees details.

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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 13 May 14 15:22 BST (UK) »
Interested in this myself, grandfather was Porter at Mullafernaghan Station outside Banbridge,

this is a possibility maybe?
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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 14 May 14 11:24 BST (UK) »
sorry, can't help on individuals unless they are on the same website for surnames, but have you seen the the old photos on http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/PHOTOSwords/RailwayStations.htm
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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 14 May 14 11:39 BST (UK) »
HOWEVER
Try the 1911 irish census search form http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie  leaving the surname bit blank and using the same template under search enter Ballyroney townland and using the extension search under Railway as occupation, you have a result John Bingham railway labourer,Wm Adair same, Thomas Ledlie Porter,Joseph Spiers platelayer, another john Bingham a gangerand Bleakley Cochrane platelayer. This further expands if you redo entering not Ballyroney but just the DED Tirkelly where the additions are James Finney Lackan townland  Porter,  etc etc another 4 or 5. Then try the same trick for other DED  Goodluck Jim
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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 14 May 14 12:35 BST (UK) »
thanks Jim, that seemed to work for Mullafernaghan station, found another two railway workers in the adjoining townlands.
 Strange though when i go to the 1911 census there`s nothing found?

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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 14 May 14 22:17 BST (UK) »
so I looked around Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says
Mullafernaghan
Location
Original company   Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway
Pre-grouping   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Post-grouping   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
History
1 August 1863   Station opens
30 April 1956   Station closes
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Mullafernaghan railway station was on the Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway which ran from Knockmore Junction to Banbridge in Northern Ireland. It served the village of Mullafernaghan, and the neighbouring villages of Blackscull and Donaghcloney.Ashfield Halt, Blackscull and Donaghcloney.
Knockmore Junction-Banbridge for the     Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway the next station was Banbridge (BLBR)
Results under Banbridge 41
Results under knockmore 10 but that’s in Co Antrim Ded Lissue
The townland Mullafernaghan falls under Magherally parish so I tried that as aDED and got Lyle a porter and McCloughan a railways servant
hoping this aNSWERS YOUR QUERY RE 1911
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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 15 May 14 01:01 BST (UK) »
Thanks for help again - i have an old photo, prob round the 20`s of the railway workers there, it was taken out on the platform in front of the station, we never knew the names of those others along with my grandfather.

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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 17 May 14 16:57 BST (UK) »
My Father was a boy porter in ballyroney station until approx 1946. We don't know how long he worked at the station. His name was william james Priestley. His father George was also an employee for a time. I know in 1922 he was a plate layer.
My enquiry is where if possible could we have access to employee records.

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Re: Ballyroney railway
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 17 May 14 20:46 BST (UK) »
The national Railway museum suggests for staff records of railway companies in Northern Ireland, visit the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
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