Loughgilly Tunnel

Location type

Tunnel


Name and dates

Loughgilly Tunnel

Opened on the Newry and Enniskillen Railway.



Dates

  /  /1864Newry and Armagh Railway
Opened from Goraghwood to Armagh [NandAR], a temporary terminus a mile from Armagh. Tunnels at Lissummon Tunnel (longest in Ireland 1,759 yds) and Loughgilly Tunnel (465 yds).
25/01/1914Newry and Armagh Railway
Loughgilly Tunnel partial tunnel collapse.
01/05/1914Newry and Armagh Railway
Loughgilly Tunnel re-opened.