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In the early 1900s, at the height of the Irish railways, almost everyone lived within 5 miles of a railway station. The railways allowed fast and efficient transport of goods, speeded up mail and communication networks, promoted and created seaside resorts and established standard time. From the early 1920s, road and air transport began to replace the railways so that by the end of the 1950s the majority of our local lines had been closed. The railway tracks have long gone, and their path through our towns an