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Irish Narrow Gauge - Carrigrohane

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Carrigrohane - C&MR

• osi 100m reference: W614717, map DM080
• Carrigrohane - in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of 1842
• map: [CMLRJ: m-6-p43- ]
• photos: [CMLRJ: b-6-p51-?1900 ]
• station: [CMLRJ: b-5-p46- ]
• photo, steamroller collision (near Victoria Cross): [INGV1: b-5-p37-1927.09.06 ]
• Cassell's 1899:

  Carrigrohane, parish on the Lee, Cork and East Muskerry baronies, Mid county Cork, Ireland, 5 miles W of Cork ; acreage 2,658 ; soil fertile, mostly under pasturage, overlying limestone. The river is here spanned by a stone bridge. Gunpowder is manufactured. Two ancient castles are now in ruins. Population: 1,897.