Railway News,

Dublin, Tullamore and Parsonstown Junction Railway

with a Branch to Portumna

Ireland, 1845

transcribed from the

King's County Chronicle

Capital, £250,000, in 12,500 shares of £20 each. Deposit £2 per share pursuant to the Amended Standing Orders of the House of Lords. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription.

Provisional Committee
(with power to add to their number)
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament street, London. D.L., J.P., King’s County; Director of the Waterford and Kilkenny, Cork and Waterford, and the Dublin and Mullingar Railways.
Richard Warburton, Esq., D.L., J.P., Garryhinch, High Sheriff of the King’s County
The Hon. W. M. Dawson, Parkstown.
The O’Moore, D.L., J.P., Cloghan Castle, King’s County. High Sheriff of the County of Roscommon.
Sir Edward Synge, Bart., D.L., J.P., Parsonstown, King’s County, late High Sheriff of the County of Cork.
Lieut-Col. Henry Paisley L’Estrange, D.L., J.P., Moy’s town, King’s County.
Capt. Bernard, D.L., J.P., Castle Bernard, King’s County.
John H. Drought, Esq., D.L., J.P., Lettybrook, King’s County.
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusiliers Guards, 12 Wyndham Place, Bryanston Square, Director of the Manchester, Southampton and Oxford Railways.
B. B. Williams, Esq., 2 Wyndham place, Bryanston Square, Director of the Direct London and Manchester and Southampton and Oxford and Tamworth and Leicester Railways.
Charles H. Biggs, Esq., Bryanston Square, Director of the North Midland and Manchester and Southampton and Oxford Junction Railways.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7 Manchester square, London. Director of the Irish North Midland and Galway and Ennis Grand Junction, and Manchester, Southampton and Oxford Junction Railways.
William H. Harrison, Esq., Cecil street, London, Director of the South Staffordshire, and Leicester and Tamworth Railways.
R. Bell, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick. Director of the Reading, Guilford and Reigate Railways.
Captain William Gabbett Beare, Porchester place, London. Director of the Worcester, and Crewe and Warwick and Worcester Railways.
Luke Butler, Esq., 5 Christchurch place, Dublin. Alderman of the City of Dublin, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway.
Thomas Spunner, Esq., J.P., Clyduff, King’s County
Richard Hammersley, Esq., J.P., Corlanty, King’s County
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Clonmel and Kilkenny and Bandon and Bantry Railways.
W. Justin O’Driscoll, Esq., 28 Lower Fitzwilliam street, Dublin. Director of the Cork and Waterford and Dublin and Enniskillen Railways.

Directors of the Manchester, Southampton and Oxford, and Galway and Ennis Grand Junction Railways : Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., Merrion square, Dublin and Henry Thunder, Esq., 13 Bruton street, Eaton square, London.

W. H. Coppinger, Esq., Wexford. Director of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway.
Lieut-Col. Synge. Slieveire House, County Tipperary.
W. L’Estrange, Esq., J.P., Kilcommon, King’s County
Thos. G. Stoney, Esq., J.P., Kyle, County Tipperary
Francis Bennett, Esq., Thomastown-House, King’s County
Jonathan N. Walsh, Esq., J.P., Walsh’s Park, King’s County
Daniel Molloy, Esq., J.P., Clonbella, King’s County
Charles Gamble, Esq,. J.P., Castletown, County Tipperary
John A. Drought, Esq., J.P., Cloneen, King’s County
A. Stoney, Esq., J.P., Frankford, King’s County
James Ferrier Armstrong, Esq., Treasurer, King’s County
Major H. C. Johnson, J.P., Mountmellick, Queen’s County
James Gernon, Esq., 13 Conduit street, Bond Street, London. Director of the Southampton and Oxford Direct London and Manchester and Galway and Ennis Railways.
Ralph Smith, Esq., J.P., Clareen, King’s County
Robert Drought, Esq., Ridge Mount, King’s County
John Tarleton, Esq., J.P., Killeigh, King’s County
Philip F. Drought, Esq., J.P., Rosse Ville, King’s County
Daniel Manifold, Esq., J.P., Cadamstown, King’s County
John Warburton, Esq., Crinkell, King’s County. Director of the Cork and Waterford Railways.
Rev. Francs Synge, Slieveire House, County Tipperary.
Amos Palmer Doolan, Esq., J.P., Derry House, King’s County
Arthur Robinson, Esq., Tinnekelly House, County Tipperary
Thomas Robinson, Esq,. Moorpark, King’s County
Henry Smith, Esq., Clareen, King’s County
Richard Sadlier Hammersley, Esq., Fayclough Lodge, Lorrha
Christopher Bailey, Esq., J.P., Cappaloughan, Queen’s County
Thomas Neville Bagot, Esq., J.P., Ballymore, Roscommon
Samuel Sheane, Esq., J.P., Mountmellick, Queen’s County
Robert Carlile Williams, Esq., M.D., 58 Upper Mount street

Engineer: Sir John MacNeil, L.L.D.

Bankers in Ireland - The London & Dublin Bank and its Branches. The Bank of Ireland and its Branches. The Provincial Bank of Ireland and its Branches. The National Bank of Ireland and its Branches.
Bankers in England - London: The London and Dublin Bank, 46 Piccadilly, and the London and Westminster.
Liverpool: The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
Manchester: The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
Bristol: The West of England and South Wales District Bank
Standing Counsel: Thomas Smythe, Esq., 49 Chancery Lane, London
Parliamentary Agent: C. F. Waddy, Esq., 103 Jermyn street, London
Solicitors
Dublin : J. Julian, 11 Lower Mount street and Joseph S. Moore, 12 Hume street
London: William Andrews, Esq., at the Offices of the Company, 41 Mooresgate street.
Provisional Secretaries: Thos. P. Reede, Company’s Office, 13 College Green and George Heenan, Esq., Parsonstown
Brokers
Dublin : Alexander M’Neale, 20 Ely place;
London: Charles Bennett, jun., Copthall Court, Mr. R. E. Little, Warinford Court and Messrs Taunton and Bush, Austin Friars.
Bristol: Messrs. Tate & Nash
Manchester: Messrs Charles O’Neale, jun & Co.,15, St. Anne’s square
Liverpool: Messrs Clegg & M’Creight, and Townly & Whitehead.

The important Line of Railway proposed to be constructed by this Company will commence at Tullamore, the Assize Town of the King’s County, and traversing a rich and populous district, will proceed by way of Frankford to Parsonstown, with an extension to Portumna, completing, by its Junction with the Great Southern and Western, and the Dublin and Galway Lines a chain of direct communication between the Metropolis and the River Shannon and affording Railway accommodation to an extensive District, wholly untouched by any of the projected Lines of Railway.

It is clear that Railway facilities are essential for the purpose of connecting the populous Towns of Frankford, Kennitty, Clonaslee, Parsonstown, Banagher, Eyrecourt, Cloghan, Ferbane, Shinrone, Portumna, and Borrisokane, with the City of Dublin on the east and the Port of Galway on the West; the present undertaking will effect this object by a direct Line only 28 miles in extent, passing through a country free from engineering difficulties, and avoiding competition with other Lines.

From the large amount of traffic at present existing between Dublin and Towns in natural connexion with the proposed line, and the vast increase which is the necessary consequence of Railway communication, it may be confidently assumed that this undertaking will prove one of unusually great profit.

The liability of the Shareholders will be limited by the Act to the amount of their respective subscriptions, and power will be taken to allow interest upon the amount of the deposits at the rate of 4% per annum until the opening of the Line.

Applications for Shares may be addressed to the Officers of the Company, or to the several Brokers.

Form of the Application for Shares
Dublin, Tullamore and Parsonstown Junction Railway

Gentlemen, - I request you to allot me ____________ Shares of Twenty Pounds each in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me: and also to pay the deposit of £2 per share, thereon, and to execute the Subsribers Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, when required so to do.
Dated this…… Day of…………. 1845

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