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The Cork to Bandon Railway

Engineer Tim Joyce investigates how you bore an 800 metre tunnel through Goggins Hill and build a viaduct across Laune valley at the dawn of Ireland's railway age. Architect Orla Murphy explores the relationship of gunpowder with tunnel construction and Geographer Susan Hegarty discovers the markets and industries fuelling the railways.

English
  • Originally Aired July 8, 2014
  • Runtime 25 minutes
  • Network RTÉ One
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