| LC control no. | nb2005016120 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Great Southern Railway (Ireland) |
| Variant(s) | G.S.R. Great Southern Railway of Ireland Great Southern Railways (Ireland) GSR GSR Company |
| See also | Mergee: Cork Bandon & South Coast Railway Mergee: Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway Mergee: Dublin & South Eastern Railway Mergee: Great Southern & Western Railway Mergee: West Clare Railway Product of a merger: Córas Iompair Éireann |
| Beginning date | 19251112 |
| Ending date | 19460101 |
| Associated country | Ireland |
| Found in | The man from the railway, 1992 BL database, 28 Mar. 2000 (hdg.: Great Southern Railway) Share issues from the Great Southern Railway of Ireland and its constituent companies, 1925-1945, 1997 The Dublin & South Eastern Railway, c1998: p.60 (became part of the Great Southern Railway in 1925) The Farranfore to Valencia Harbour railway, c2003-: v.1 p.25 (GS&WR) v.1 p.121 (the Railway Act became law on 23 July 1924, and provided for the amalgamation of all the railways within the Irish Free State into one company with the exceptions of some small lines) v.1 p.128 (on 1 Jan. 1945, the GSR Company and the Dublin United Transport Company merged to form Coras Iompair Éireann) Irish Railwayana WWW site, 24 Oct. 2005: Great Southern Railway(s) (created by the Railways (Directorate) Act of 1924; under its terms the GSWR, MGWR and CBSCR amalgamated to become the Great Southern Railway. By 1 Jan. 1925, the DSER was added and absorption of smaller railways commenced under a new group title "Great Southern Railways") Irish Railwayana WWW site, 24 Oct. 2005: Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (amalgamated with the Great Southern Railways in 1925) West Clare Railway Co. WWW site, 24 Oct. 2005: WCR history (orig. opened in 1887; amalgamated with the Great Southern Railway in 1925) BL auth. file, 24 Oct. 2005 (hdg.: Great Southern Railway) Cork Bandon & South Coast Railway, 2005: p.81 (the CB&SCR amalgamated on 12 Nov. 1924 with the GS&WR and the MGWR to form the Great Southern Railway) |
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