Ballyglunin Train Station Visit - 21/09/2023

5th Class were invited to visit the local train station at Ballyglunin. The station at Ballyglunin has been extensively renovated in recent years and it currently houses a fully working model train set. This train set is a copy of Ballyglunin Train Station in its heyday and includes the waiting room, the platform, the footbridge and storage shed.

The children learned a lot about the history attached to Ballyglunin Train Station - most famously the use of the train station for the filming of 'The Quiet Man' in 1951. The boys and girls even watched a short clip of the film during their visit to the train station. They were amazed to notice that the room where they were watching the clip of the film featured in the movie.