Liam Clancy looks at the history of the Dungarvan to Waterford line.
Mariella Frostrup presents this history of the railway built in the late 19th century between Galway and Clifden, and which closed in 1935. Places seen include the bridge used in THE QUIET MAN and an interview with John Wayne's stand-in Joe Mellotte. Stories include those about the Mararajah who owned Ballinahinch Castle and the landing of Alcock and Brown after their first transatlantic flight.
Following the route of the disused railway line from Scarva To Banbridge and Newscastle, Co Down, musician James Galway meets people who worked on the line and gives a history of the areas through which the railway passed.
Broadcaster Olivia O'Leary traces the route of the disused railway line from Bagnelstown, Co Carlow to New Ross, Co Wexford built by the crippled Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh M. P. in the mid-19th century.
Niall Toibin traces the route from Cork to Blarney by railway.
Presenter Oz Clarke traces the railway line from Stranorlar to Glenties, Co Donegal which closed in 1948. Now a section of the line is being re-laid in the Finn Valley.