Television documentary commemorates eccentric little tram in West Cork

An eccentric little tram which ran for decades between the West Cork towns of Schull and Skibbereen is to be immortalised as part of a television series on Ireland’s trains.

Affectionately known as “the tram”, the Schull and Skibbereen Tramway, which ran along the road between the two towns from 1887 until 1947, is the focus of a TG4 documentary tonight.

The small train had demarcated first and second-class carriages. The second-class passengers sat on wooden slats, but first-class posteriors enjoyed soft upholstery.