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Ballyglunin Railway Station is situated 4.5 kilometres from Abbeyknockmoy Village and 10 kilometres south of Tuam, Co. Galway.
The railway station was film location for the John Ford classic ‘The Quiet Man’, where it was known as Castletown. The aim of the Ballyglunin Station Committee is to restore the train station to its former glory and develop it as a heritage, arts and cultural centre.
In May, 1854, a committee was formed to establish the Athenry and Tuam Railway and six years later it came to pass. After a tough eighteen months of work by 750 men, the station was opened for passenger traffic with just one platform on the east side of the track.It owes its existence undoubtedly to its proximity to Ballyglunin Park, residence of the Blakes, as well as Skerrits’ Brooklodge House and Bodkin’s, Annagh House. For customers, such as these, a first class service was provided.
Ballyglunin came to prominence in 1878 with a visit of the Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria. Everyone wanted to entertain him. The hunting season was enlivened by his visit and great preparations were made. He was to arrive at Ballyglunin to join the hunt. It was elaborately decorated and a cannon was procured to fire a salute. A premature discharge of the gun caused great excitement and a rush towards the station, but it was found that the salute had greeted a passing goods train and there was no ammunition left to greet the royal train. However by the time the duke arrived, there was a very big crowd gathered to give him a rousing cheer so the gunfire was hardly missed.
In 1903 the Great Southern and Western Railway took ownership of the station, giving it a much needed upgrade. With the build of the west platform, waiting room, office, toilets and lamp room, as well as a footbridge spanning the tracks, these improvements transformed the station into what would be later seen by millions as the backdrop to which parts The Quiet Man was set.
Around the turn of the century, Robert Blake would regularly have his evening meal cooked in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin and delivered to Ballyglunin station, packed in special ‘hay boxes’, the thermal food containers of the day. A special extra delivery would arrive on the evening mail train if there were guests in residence or a county gathering planned.
Throughout the Civil War period, a number of incidents took place in Ballyglunin, including an attempt to send a crewless train into Tuam with the regulator open and the raiding of a Limerick-Sligo goods train. The items taken included two barrels of Guinness, 56 pounds of butter, 5,000 cigarettes, four bags of flour, two sides of bacon and 48 Christmas cakes.