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CIÉ history image Train 1950s Ballyheady Jun 1958 IrishRailwaySociety Vehicle 1960s Galway June 1960 IrishRailwaySociety

Heritage and Archives

At the CIÉ Group we value our history and share our heritage by investing in and promoting protection of and access to our historic assets. As a long-standing provider of bus and rail transport, our archives show the key role played by the CIÉ Group companies in the history and development of the Irish state since 1945. Additionally, we hold the corporate records of almost a hundred historical transport companies that built the railway infrastructure of Ireland from the 1830s until the 1940s. We also own, maintain and provide access to numerous historical buildings throughout the country.

Please click here for a brief history of CIÉ since 1945
GSW rental page 1850s

CIÉ Group Archives

The role of CIÉ Group Archives is to preserve and make available those records documenting the core functions of CIÉ, the CIÉ Group of Companies and their predecessor companies, that for legal, business continuity, and evidential reasons are to be preserved as archives.

Barge 1950s GrandCanal c1950 IrishRailwaySociety

Historic Image Carousel

Image Carousel Containing Historical CIÉ Images

Thanks to Ciarán Cooney, Kieran Marshall and Peter Rigney from the Irish Railway Record Society for their help in compiling these images.

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Historical Annual Reports

Historical GSWR and Annual Reports

CIÉ Tours advert - Bunratty Castle

Heritage and Archives news and events

Click on the links below for details of upcoming and past events and news items