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Making St. Brigid's Crosses

Our Project polished and complete!

We had a viewing day in our classroom last Friday for all our school and locality to come and see our work. We were able to share our knowledge of the West Cork Railway with everyone and show them how much history there really is in our locality.

 

Final Touches!

 

 Parents and Locals Viewing

 

Our final 3D model of the Waterfall Railway Station

Our 3D model of O' Shea's

All the classes viewing our project

Visitiors come to share their Experiences of The West Cork Railway

A grandparent comes to tell us of his experiences on the West Cork Railway

Local historian tells us how they used to put their ears onto the tracks to listen if the train was coming.................

If they felt and heard the vibrations they would run as fast as they could!

Cork School Heritage History Projects

Our class are making a project on the West Cork Railway. Our locality is immersed in lots of history on the West Cork Railway. We even had our very own Railway Station, Waterfall Railway Station. We were very lucky to get to see the Station as it stands today, very different from when it was in use between 1851 and 1961. Mr.and Mrs Kent bought the property after it was closed and they very kindly took us on a tour. See some of the images we captured on our day out (6th December 2013).
A very interesting fact is that the railway opened on the 6th December 1851 and we visited the station exactly 162 years later!

Some of our class standing at the Waiting area.

Where the Waterfall Sign used to be

Mr.Kent showing us some of the tracks. This piece is called a flange.

An original wall still standing. They used to be the toilets at the station

Mr. Kent showing us a spike. This was used to secured the tracks in place. Mr. Kent kindly gave us some spikes for our school artefacts museum!

All our class with Mr. Kent

All our class with Mrs. Kent