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Jun 15, 1000
Viking Roads in Dublin
Dublin's raods originally built by Vikings. Built to avoid bogland, so very erratic. Unfortunately, still the same layout today. -
Period: Jun 15, 1000 to
IRISH TRANSPORTATION
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Royal Canal Opens
Navigates netween Longford and Spencer Dock, Dublin. Closed in 1960, now reopened for tourism. -
First Trains Stockton-darlington Railway 1820s
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Dublin-Kingstown Railway opens
Now called the DART. opened to serve the new pier at Dun Leary. named after Geoirge Iv, who was drunk when he came. -
Dublin-Cork Railway 1849
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Waterford-Tramore railway
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Car invented: Damiler-Benz
Daimler and Benz introduce first car. They may have visited Ireland on holiday. -
Ireland covered in railways
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Ford Factory opens in Cork
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First Atlantic air crossing-Clifden
Alcock and Brown land inClifden after becomeing the first people to cross the Atlantic by air. -
Dublin's first buses
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Aer Lingus Founded
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Dublin Airport opens
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Shamrock Car briefly produced in Monaghan 1960
Made by an American who was visitng his auntie. Didn't last long -
Rural railways shut down
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Ireland's first motorway- Northern Ireland
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Ryanair
Founded as a business class airline by Tony Ryan of GPA. -
Dublin Airport Termional 2 Opens
