Excerpt from Great Southern and Western (of Ireland) Railway, Extension From Tullamore to Athlone: Speeches of Mr. St. George Burke and Mr. Hope Scott, June 4th and 17th, 1857

Place, what are the Bills before you, a Line promoted by the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland from Tullamore to Athlone an Extension from Athlone to Ros common and Castlerea, promoted by a totally independent Company, then a Line from Tullamore to Streamstown, promoted by the Midland Great Western, Ireland, and a Line from Longford to Sligo, promoted by the same Com pany. These are the Bills you have to deal with, and I shall confine my observations to the two Lines, Tullamore to Athlone, and Tullamore to Streamstown.

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