A train which was derailed by the anti-Treaty IRA at Killurin, Co. Wexford on the 15th of August 1922. Two of the rails had been removed from the track just outside the tunnel. When the locomotive hit this damaged section it careered along the sleepers for another 150 meters before finally turning over.
Reference
Barry, M (2014) The Green Divide. An Illustrated History of the Irish Civil War Andalus Press, Dublin, p. 138
The Archaeology of Conflict: Wexford in the Civil War, 1922-1923 
That was my Great Grandad driving that train, George Turner and his son, drove the train from Shillelagh to Woodenbridge.
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