placenamesCrossdoney
Cros Domhnaigh
A station and goods shed preserve the working landscape of a nineteenth-century railway junction.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cros Domhnaigh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Crossdoney · English · main form
Place & story
A railway junction
Crossdoney’s former station was designed by George Wilkinson around 1855. It stood on the Midland Great Western Railway’s route towards Cavan and became the junction for the Killeshandra branch, opened in 1886. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records both routes as closed by 1960. The station’s carved timber canopy and carefully dressed stone window surrounds survive as reminders of nineteenth-century railway craftsmanship. [2]
Moving goods between road and rail
The adjoining goods shed was also built around 1855. Trains entered through openings in its gable ends, while a projecting canopy sheltered loading at the roadside. Circular windows with red-brick surrounds light the stone building. Along with workers’ houses and a road bridge, the shed forms part of a surviving group that shows how the railway functioned at Crossdoney. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Crossdoney. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Crossdoney Railway Station, record40402526 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Crossdoney Railway Station goods shed, record40402527 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.