Hill Of Howth Tramway
Colloquially known as the Howth Tram, this tramway operated from June 1901 to 31st of May 1959 and served Howth Head, near Dublin, Ireland. The service was run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I)), which viewed it as a way to bring more customers to its railway stations at Sutton and Howth.
Famous quotes containing the words hill and/or howth:
“One hill will not hold two tigers.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Maud Gonne at Howth station waiting a train,
Pallas Athena in that straight back and arrogant head:
All the Olympians; a thing never known again.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)