A story of the Hill of Howth Tram
An Act of God In the summer of 1949 the Peninsula of Howth was struck by one of the ...
Howth and her Trams by Jim Kilroy
Rev. Bamber all at sea.
Bamber's Ghost. Mr. Bamber, a Presbyterian from the North, was a big man, twenty fou...
Logic of a kind on the Hill of Howth Tram.
The Bag of Spuds Jimmy was a simple man and well-known around the Hill of...
Christmas on the Howth Tram
The Christmas Tram It is said that all good things must come to an end, b...
You're taking the next "tram".
The Pseudo Tram The tram crews of the Howth line were renowned for their courtesy and consideration...
Tidyman holds on for dear life
The Runaway Tram. It was afresh Spring morning in 1901 and the birds in Howth were o...
An eye for an eye.
Tower Hill It is said that small communities the world over are close knit, th...
Placenames of Howth
Never Forgotten Howth people have long memories and many prominent families can trac...
Sheep travelling in style in Howth.
Mutton from Sutton As mentioned before, the tram personnel were as loved and as much mis...
Stories by Jim Kilroy.
Jim Kilroy and the National Transport Museum of Ireland have lovingly restored the Hill of Howth Tram No. 9, the last electric tram to run in Ireland. Along the way he built up a collection of anecdotes - a selection was published in "Howth and her Trams" (1986). He has given permission for the following to be included and even went to the trouble of hand-colouring the original black and white drawings. The tram can be seen in the film "Michael Collins" and in the forthcoming re-make of "The Magnificent Ambersons". [Oct. 2000 KF].