The Way We Were a project supported by the PEACE III Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by the Community Relations
Council/Pobal Consortium, reflects, remembers and celebrates Dundalk’s railway and captures the daily routines and heritage of pre and post 1950s Dundalk and the adjacent areas of south Armagh, Down, Fermanagh and Antrim.

In its time, Dundalk was a major railway centre facilitating the meeting of lines from Belfast, Dublin, Enniskillen, and Greenore as well as the site for the engineering works of the Great Northern Railway. There are many older people in Dundalk who have memories of those times and of the working together of railway men from differing places and backgrounds.  This is the last generation of people who grew up in a way of life that has now disappeared and who worked on the Great Northern Railway abolished over 50 years ago.  It is important to record the memories of this way of life for future generations and to provide a resource for young people as a record of a bygone age from which they can see and hear the experiences and stories of real people who lived through the most difficult of times, providing a much needed service to the people of Ireland, North and South.

The Way We Were will run until December 2010, adopting a qualitative approach involving in-depth interviews with older participants which facilitate story-telling and share experiences for future generations.

Please click on the link to see a recent photography exhibition in the Parlour of the Great Northern Haven.

For further information, contact Dr Lucia Carragher at ++ 353 (0)42 9370347 or Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it