Route Endorsed
Limerick County Council looked towards the Irish Sea in 1900 when it supported proposals for the developing railway and steamship connection between Rosslare in County Wexford and Fishguard in Wales. The surviving account mistakenly calls the Irish port “Roeselare,” the name of a Belgian city, but the intended destination was Rosslare. Although both harbours lay far from County Limerick, councillors recognised that a through route from the Shannon region towards Waterford and the south-eastern coast might improve passenger travel, commercial communication and access to markets in Britain.
