SNIPPET: "Signalman's Memories - Railway Life in Rural Ireland" by Albert MAHER., pub. Thurles Rail 150 Committee, Monadreen, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, (ISBN 0-9533654-0-9), p/b. Perhaps you can still locate a copy of this circa 1999 publication if the subject interests you. Per review at that time -- "William was signalman at Goold's Cross, son Albert served the Irish railways for 40 years beginning as Lad Porter at Dundrum station. Albert's son, Bill, is a loco driver out of Limerick station. We begin at Kingsbridge (now Heuston Station), that splendid Renaissance palace on the Dublin quays and go on to various crashes and other excitement like the arrest in Thurles of local patriot William Smith O'BRIEN and the subsequent wild-west style hijacking of the Dublin-bound train at pistol point by the constabulary. Templemore, Thurles, itself, Roscrea, Birr, Ballybrophy, Clonmel, Goold's Cross, Dundrum, Limerick and royal Cashel - all have a place in the story."