PlacesCastlerea Market
Castlerea
Darren J. Prior · 2018 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hell's Kitchen Bar & Railway Museum
A Taoiseach resigned because of what was said in this room.
Darren J. Prior · 2018 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · ark:/99999/c5hlk
What is known at a glance
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PLAQUE-NIGHTHAWKS · IRISHTIMES-TAPPING · EXAMINER-NIGHTHAWKS
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From where you are standing, 2 things to find
- 01The plaque on the outside wall: dark polished granite, gold lettering, a nighthawk in outline.
- 02The hanging sign above the door, which claims this is the only pub in the world with a train in the bar.
The plaque reads: On January 10th 1992 the late Sean Doherty T.D. gave a television interview on 'Nighthawks'. That historic interview led to the resignation of Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey and it took place in this public house.
Doherty, a former Minister for Justice, told presenter Shay Healy on the RTÉ programme that members of the cabinet had known the telephones of two journalists were being tapped.
On 21 January 1992 he said on the nine o'clock news that Haughey had been fully aware of the tapping. Haughey resigned as Taoiseach on 11 February 1992.
The presenter later wrote that he did not realise the significance of what had been said until afterwards.
One of these is a Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland notice — the company the station down the road actually belonged to, the one the national inventory forgets in favour of a company founded in 1925.
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What happened next, and where
10 January 1992 · here
RTÉ film Nighthawks in this bar. Seán Doherty, a former Minister for Justice, tells the presenter that people in the cabinet knew two journalists' phones had been tapped.21 January 1992
On the nine o'clock news he goes further: the Taoiseach, he says, was fully aware of the tapping and never objected to it.11 February 1992
Charles Haughey resigns as Taoiseach. It happened in Dublin. It started here.
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- The County Roscommon Tourism Strategy 2025–2030 records Castlerea Railway Museum as holding the largest collection of rail memorabilia in Ireland.
- The enamel notices inside come from four separate pre-1925 companies — the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, the Great Southern and Western Railway, the Dublin Wicklow and Wexford Railway, and the North Eastern Railway. One of them, the Midland Great Western, is the company that actually owned the line through Castlerea.
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Where this is, and what is near it
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.
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GraveyardGrave YardDemesne
DemesneRO026-035002
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PlacesChurch of Ireland graveyard, the Demesne
Castlerea
Marie McAleer · 2020 · CC BY-SA 2.0
ChurchChurchDemesne
DemesneRO026-035001
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BridgeBridgeDemesne
DemesneRO026-029
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PlacesTrinity Church (Kilkeevin)
Castlerea
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.
RingfortRingfort - rathDemesne
DemesneRO026-027
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CastleCastlereagh HouseDemesne
DemesneRO026-028
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65 yearsCastlerea Railway Station
Castlerea
Phil Richards · 1985 · CC BY-SA 2.0
EnclosureEnclosureDemesne
DemesneRO026-067
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RingfortRingfort - rathDemesne
DemesneRO026-026
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CrossCrossHarristown
HarristownRO026-042
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RingfortRingfort - rathDemesne
DemesneRO026-030
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QuarryQuarryDemesne
DemesneRO026-036
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Designed landscapeEmbanked enclosureDemesne
DemesneRO026-025
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ChurchKilkeevin ChurchArm
ArmRO026-040001
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EnclosureEnclosureTermon More
Termon MoreRO026-031
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GraveyardBurying GroundArm
ArmRO026-040002
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FordFordArm,Harristown
Arm,HarristownRO026-041
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128 yearsSaint Joseph's graveyard, Knock Road
Castlerea
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · NIAH survey · © Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Reproduced for educational use with credit.