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Irish Narrow Gauge - Miltown Malbay

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Miltown Malbay - WCR

• osi 100m reference: R054797, map DM057
• Miltown malbay - in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of 1842
• track diagram: [WCRPT: d-7-p48- ]
• photos: [WCRPT: b-5-p66-1947.08.16 b-5-p157-1955 b-5-p186-1950 b-5-p196- b-5-p197-1957.07.18 b-5-p199-1965 ]
• station: [IRIC2: c-5-p107-1961.01.28 ]
• signal box: [WCRPT: b-5-p66-1947.08.16 ]
• two-armed signal: [WCRPT: b-5-p151-1952 ]
• Cassell's 1899:

  Miltown Malbay, market town (Thursdays), parish of Kilfarboy (q.v.), West county Clare, Ireland, 8 miles southwest of Ennistimon. Miltown Malbay is the terminus of the West Clare Railway, has eight annual fairs, and a fortnightly petty sessions. A new town has gradually sprung up 1 miles west of the old town, consisting mainly of villas and dwelling-houses for the accommodation of tourists and summer visitors. Miltown Malbay contains the parish church of Kilfarboy parish, and has good national schools. The Roman Catholic chapel is a fine cruciform building. Miltown Malbay is now a fashionable summer resort, has good sea-bathing and fine cliff scenery. Beside the new town a racecourse has been laid out, and there is good salmon- and trout-fishing in the neighbourhood. Population: 1,267.