Consolidation
In 1924 the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State passed the Railways Act, which that November merged the MGWR with the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR), Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway to form the Great Southern Railway. In January 1925 this was joined by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway to form the Great Southern Railways.
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