Filming Me Filming You, It’s The Best I Can Do - Episode 13, 5th April - Sligo to Dublin

[@MrMe345]

Glad my "amazing fact" made the cut 😄 Great to meet you guys, and good to see that the trip is still going strong 😊

[@AllTheStations]

Heh hey! Thanks alan 👋 sorry we didn’t have more time to chat! Always up against a schedule...

[@MrMe345]

@@AllTheStations oh of course that's no bother 😊 If you're ever back and want a look at the railways I drive on in Dromod or Stradbally gimme a shout and I'll sort ye out 😁

[@andrewcantthinkofaname1782]

Hey bro

[@AlanFredPipes]

couldn't quite hear Alan's fact, something about 12th century?

[@MrMe345]

@@AlanFredPipes Alan (Fred) Pipes I had to think of it on the spot, but "Maynooth has been a settlement since (at least) the 12th Century and there's a castle up on the far side of the canal over there that was home to the Fitzgerald (and Fitzmaurice) family." They were aristocratic Norman era families. 😊

[@TheChrisD]

Jaysis, do I really look like that? I'm surprised I wasn't cut out completely 😝

[@AllTheStations]

TheChrisD hey Chris. that’s how you look! HI TO YOUR MUM 👋😂

[@laurathornton1456]

I'd have recognized you from your avatar!

[@rollingtroll]

@@laurathornton1456 Indeed! Pity we probably saw the video first :D.

[@briannorbury5444]

We never got to see your Mum. Camera shy?

[@Daisy-ct3nh]

@@AllTheStations have you googled JOE CANNING? You are the image of an Irish living legend.

[@kdean9537]

Lovely locals...they were awesome! ✔ Yes! Vicki & Geoff's name in lights...on a train! 😊

[@Dreyno]

Collooney was the only small town in Ireland with three train stations. The current station was on the Midland, Great Western line to Dublin. Just south of it was the station (now a house) on the Limerick line, part of the Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway. Just to the north was the station (demolished) for the Enniskillen line, part of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties company.

[@petermuller5800]

10:26 "it's noisy" - Hell yeah! I used to live in Dublin's Coolmine neighbourhood, 15mins walk from the train station. Every time a commuter train stopped there, my windows were shaking. Apparently, those trains are some old vehicles from Spain.. wonder who got the idea of buying them. I pity the folks who live closer to the tracks

[@EmmyGuitarxGirlBird]

Vicki should start her own Channel called Vicki Explores :D Keep the videos coming! :D

[@Trains_At_York]

I agree

[@KasabianFan44]

M3 Parkway is a brilliant idea for a station. London should have a station like this for the M1, by the London Gateway service station between Borehamwood and Mill Hill.

[@paulburton9386]

Good idea. I've always thought it's a pity that tube doesn't make it Borehamwood.

[@andison627]

Paul Burton Great idea. Might save people driving to Watford Junction and providing more parking space as well.

[@brian9731]

The lack of this in London means that people going to football at Wembley go to Stanmore and Canons Park (where I live) on the Jubilee Line and get tube the rest of the way.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

No, The Thameslink trains are already full.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Paul Burton it was Intended to go to to Edgware to Bushey Heath. Much of the earthmoving was done.

[@RoadCone411]

After watching All The Stations UK, and now catching up watching the Ireland version, I have to say that it is not the trains or the stations or the music or the editing that draws me to these videos. I have come to the conclusion that it is actually the chemistry between Geoff and Vicki, and never has that been more apparent than in this episode. Love is hard to define but you know it when you see it. Nothing else to add, just stating the obvious perhaps, but it's a pleasure to watch (and learn something along the way too.) Cheers from Connecticut, USA.

[@Boreas74]

Sligo was also home to a narrow gauge railway station that connected to the Donegal County Railway and (I think) had a line through Leitrim to Enniskillen in Fermanagh. Both gone since the 1950's.

[@esmeephillips5888]

No, there was never a narrow gauge line north of Sligo. The Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Rly was standard gauge to Enniskillen via Manorhamilton, connecting with the Great Northern to Londonderry; it ran into Sligo from a junction with the Dublin main line at Collooney. Like the GNR it was a casualty of the NI government's purge of western and cross-border routes in the mid-1950s.

[@andrewholloway231]

An early start and, oh my days, how chirpy and happy was Vicki!! Positively grand.

[@nicholastr]

How happy is Vicki today!? Also, are we going to do all the bus stations next? After that are we going to do all the castles? After that are we going to do all the airports? After that are we going to do all the countries? After that are we going to do all the cities? After that are we going to do all the towns? After that are we going to do all the villages? After that are we going to do all the hamlets?

[@szoszk]

An all the stations mainland EU/EEA would be nice :D

[@eyesonyul]

Then all the churches? All the houses? All the adults? All the people? This escalated too quickly...

[@DJRickDawson]

all the cathedrals?

[@stanpatterson5033]

@Gridded Design... How about All The Escalators ?

[@annother3350]

All the coffee shops (in Amsterdam), all the brothels?? All the crack dens!;

[@robinhayhurst5943]

The chemistry between you two is incredible!!!!

[@neilbain8736]

6:56 Green pillar boxes! I once saw one where the Royal Crest had been neatly angle ground off so all you got was a faint outline. There was also one where the door had been smashed and carefully welded back together again, with the crest removed. This was in Sligo- I was there for a wedding many years ago.

[@eimearc916]

I also had the same experience on the Sligo line. We were going from Longford to Dublin and ended up going from Enfield back to Mullingar because a man got on the wrong train and was stressing that he was going to be late for an occasion in Moate!

[@dsscse]

Good to see the old Irish transport sign @ 3:36 ........ C I E ....... or as me Mammy used to say Cram In Everyone .

[@discogareth]

10/10 for the ABBA reference! 🇸🇪

[@michaelocyoung]

Alla Stationen Sverige näste......

[@MrTuxy]

May have been an Alan Partridge reference too! :)

[@discogareth]

Chris Spelman definitely not Alan Partridge because he didn’t use ‘it’s the best I can do’ 😝

[@MrGustaphe]

"Alla stationer Sverige" is going to rule! Let me know when you get to Lund, I'll make some facts up.

[@michaelocyoung]

@@MrGustaphe I was in Lund in September. Doing Øresundståg in June and 1stClass Malmö to Göteborg (with breakfast thrown in) for £40pp. Bargain.

[@sambarsoum3125]

M3 parkway is part of a new Navan line which Irish Rail built around 2010/2011. It was as you may be able to tell meant to go to Navan however with the recession it was put on hold and M3 Parkway was made a temporary terminus but hasn't been touched since. I'd say hopefully it would be built in the next 3-5 years but you can never tell with the NTA.

[@manusmacgearailt667]

Maybe when the greens get in power and we start actually investing in railways again, and stop building motorways to small towns like Tuam....

[@aviationfan2637]

As a Local near the new part I Agree

[@chrisevans6913]

Love watching these when times were normal

[@patriciamessinger9034]

On booking your seats with your name above.....I heard of a couple whose teenage kids booked the seats for them and booked them under the names of Mickey and Minnie Mouse! They had to travel the entire journey from Cork to Dublin with people smiling at their names!! Lesson?? Book your own seats 🤣🤣🤣

[@20centurysquirrel]

interesting fact. 'Navan road parkway' used to be named 'phoenix park' despite being a few km away from the park without a walkway paved the whole way, it was renamed navan road parkway to stop confusing people looking for a nice day out in the park.

[@nigelmchugh5541]

There is a super little rail museum at Dromod, if you ever come back this way I'd love to show it to you. The owner is a died-in-the-wool railway man and enthuesiast .

[@AllTheStations]

yes we spoke to them and sadly we passed through on a Friday when they we're closed, we couldn't make the timings work for us to pop in!

[@mfitzy100]

Your videos are addictive- I love your respect to Irish culture, language and history. More English people should come over and explore like this. You’d be so welcome

[@kevinhastie]

I`m not sure we deserve to be welcome as a legacy of our shared history, but Ireland is a cultural superpower so I shall be heading your way next year.........

[@shurley96]

Surprised to my town of Ballymote station feature in a Geoff marshall video! Pity you couldn't stop by, we have a 13th century castle beside the station that you can just see the top of in the video.

[@jasoncrobar724]

I love the fact that, since i'm planning to visit Ireland in a few months, you're giving me all kinds of ideas for railway day trips from Dublin. I may not get them all in on this trip, but there will be other visits.

[@Clonmel86]

Your theme tune is now my ringtone, let me know when All the castles becomes a thing. 🇮🇪

[@SuperMakarne]

The two of you are so cuuuute and great together!

[@samhall1539]

Another great video. And yes M3 parkways line used to extend north to connect at navan with the line that still exists from Drogheda used only by the Tara mines trains these days. #allthefacts

[@vananything]

I am unreasonably excited about the tram bonus video

[@oliverdots]

Very professional, very entertaining, you guys should be on TV

[@shirtsVskins]

Okay, I'm sure someone got in before me on this but, Mel Gibson's mum was from Longford and he's named after St Mel of the Cathedral

[@robb2mus]

Thank you so much for shooting the organs in the churches you visit. Love you both.

[@RichardWells1]

(Now I'll have to sing 'The wheels on the bus go round and round' to all the grandchildren!) Loved the variety on this leg of your journey. Thank you!

[@peterdobson5726]

Just great to see new places

[@felixw19]

In Germany the Reservation display only shows from where to where the seat is reserved. This way you know in advance when a seat will be taken and you can look for a seat that´s available for your entire trip. Also this makes it possible for the operator to give the same seat to different reservations for different parts of the trains journey.

[@DevonPixie1991]

Where does Vicki get her energy from?! I’ve never seen anyone forever so happy and energetic

[@catfish552]

I don't know but I admire it.

[@AaronGorm]

So cool to see you guys in my beautiful home town. Hope you enjoyed it

[@csatlantic2748]

Ireland looks so clean and free from litter.

[@Daisy-ct3nh]

Unfortunately,no!

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

They had a “ bag tax” many years before England.

[@trainsinireland5063]

Super Video and Commentary Geoff and Vicki!😃.

[@Nilguiri]

Did you visit Mission Control in Sligo? (Spike Milligan - Irish Astronauts)

[@colinbaker3916]

Love the Abba reference!

[@nigelmurphy6761]

The Sligo to Dublin line is the longest in terms of the journey time, three hours and five minutes in the Irish railway network.

[@mfitzy100]

I’d say the Tralee to Dublin ones are longer?

[@markweir2988]

All lines lead to Dublin it seems. Another great video and up the Sligo rovers. Keep up the good work

[@jamessullivan5864]

I used to live in Longford it was nice seeing it covered

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Filming me, filming you! A-ha! There is nothing we can do. Filming me, filming you! We just have to face it, this time we're through. Sorry I love ABBA. Also, All The Bus Stops. All of them

[@1234smileface]

I'm from Maynooth, and I know the lad who spoke to you at the station here. Awesome!!! :) Its a very picturesque University town.

[@andrewcantthinkofaname1782]

Tis my brother

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

It's an other new, unrealised, music mix surely? When's the full album coming out?

[@neoncityscape]

It's already out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHKyep6natqrmdE

[@swi_steven8566]

This episode contains the Wheels in Motion and Rail Replacement Bus Extended mixes both of which are already released on iTunes, Amazon, GooglePlay, it's only the 2nd airing of the RRB extended in an episode, I *think*. There are two unreleased mixes in this episode, the "Electro Bed" and the "Club Piano", but both of these have been used in episodes before. I hope that helps!

[@florencegomer7937]

How did I already miss 12 episodes of this???

[@cianor]

Incorrect Railway Fact of the Day: The phrase M3 Parkway is derived from the Latin 'parietinae' meaning ruins because it sits on the site of a prehistoric caveman train station.

[@crownjulesgaming542]

Fun fun fun on the Dublin tram tram tram

[@manusmacgearailt667]

The line from Clonsilla to M3 Parkway uses the old railway line that ran from Dublin to Navan, Kells and onward to Oldcastle in county Cavan.

[@MrLargePig]

Bit of jazz, added to the incidental music- hmm...nice!

[@radiogoodguy6287]

St. Mel's Cathedral is quite attractive. I must look the church up. Thanks Vicki!

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Bill Reilly it had a big fire a few year years ago.

[@MH-sw9fy]

Looking forward to see the meany of the port office/general store/pub/bar/tea room in one of more of the combinations

[@blancfilms]

I'm waiting for all the stations germany hahaha

[@RUOKH]

Nice to see the old GPO (VR) Victorian Wall Letterbox at Longford station; of course now painted green rather than the original British Post Office red. See minute 6:54 - but you need to be quick!

[@Kev701]

If you two are travelling on the train between Ashbourne and Broombridge in a couple years time, there will be a new station there called Pelletstown.

[@MindTheGap1]

It’s here now 🎉

[@teags3474]

That story that Kieran told is very familiar! I'm from Australia and I'm 3hrs South of Sydney at the end of the train line, but you stop on the electrified line about 4-5 stops from the end and switch over to the diesel loco and catch that right to the end and it does a shuttle constantly between the couple of stations. Problem being about 90mins north is a big uni town and a lot of us 'hicks' travel up on the train for a decent night out, coming back though and being drunk as many are they fall asleep on the diesel shuttle and end up going back and forth until the guard notices or they wake up. I also have heard of people falling asleep on the electrified train and not hopping off for the shuttle and waking up back in Sydney, some 3hrs away after a long night out drinking. Haha, bit of a whoops.

[@Ivandor12]

I usually take that commuter train! I must have just missed you

[@penninetrains1398]

Wonderfully enjoyable video as usual....but what happened to Ballymote Castle? (on the left just after leaving the station).

[@antifugazi]

The music is like some science programme from the 70's

[@EldritchValero]

When your name features in a station name visited en route to Dublin :D Also my parental grandparents and their families going back centuries are from Longford coincidentally. Loving the series.

[@Cowman9791]

Geoff, you should do all the buses

[@EinkOLED]

All the bus stops :)

[@bengosling4606]

Maybe one day All The Stations Melbourne or Sydney might happen... Atleast i can hope

[@potsy86]

Omg - once the new stations are completed in Melbourne would be a perfect time!

[@stephenhunter70]

@@potsy86 But that would involve the PTV getting their act together and even hopefully reopening Coldstream. Why not go the hole hog and do every last one of them in both states.

[@cameronnicoll902]

Geoff do you think it is possible to get the gwr big timetable book in Cardiff

[@UTubeThePatient]

I know generalisations can be wrong, but Irish people do seem a lot more relaxed in front of the camera.

[@ryanshort7435]

That coach you were on was a VDL BOVA FUTURA Mk2

[@murtlesmcmurray2132]

Woohoo Sligo, a great spot. Ciaran is the man 😁

[@olmccl5585]

Hi. Next time you come to Ireland 🇮🇪 you could stay with us if you want 😉

[@eoinmoran6646]

Fun Fact about Hansfield Station: construction on the station was completed in 2010 along with the rest of the M3 Parkway line however the station remained disused until it's opening in 2013 because the local council neglected to build a road to the station so it just sat in the middle of a field. If you get out at the station you can see loads of connections where a road could join up because they were unsure of where it would go at the time of building.

[@TheChrisD]

At least now the continuing developments in Ongar/Barnwell/Hansfield are finally coming up closer to the station itself. And similarly, the recent green-lighting of the Barnwell development on the other side of the line.

[@eoinmoran6646]

@@TheChrisD Yeah, as someone who lives in Dunboyne and uses that line daily it's been shocking to see the rate of housing development around that station. They built up to the line so quickly over the past year.

[@TheChrisD]

Ah, a fellow local! We should totally meet up in the Broadway for lunch at some point 😛

[@lammy1234567890]

I have seen named reservations on UK trains with dot matrix displays too. Not for a while now but they definitely have the capability. I've never had the option to have my name displayed when booking online but I suspect that when booking in stations it may have been possible as an option.

[@SFSEfartman]

EMT does it if you request a train reservation via their twitter/facebook pages. Or by phoning them. I think the name would only appear in this occasion or similar cases, (i.e. when you bought a ticket and make a reservation at a later date).

[@iamtimmycouk]

'Its a bit like a parkway station' .. *camera looks up* station is called M3 Parkway

[@annother3350]

Vicki's full of ze beans

[@rollingtroll]

Kyran/Keiran or however you misspell that seems like someone who needs a KZbin channel. Nice guy. And Chris set it up well for you, haha. I do want to go to Ireland now though. You guys are going to get me (even) poor(er) Have a good night! I do wonder where you sleep. AirBNB's? Hotels? Tent? See you tomorrow, looking forward to Dublin!

[@stephenh4965]

Broombridge is the Luas Green Line

[@michaelkiely5894]

Good man Stephen

[@malcolm4672]

Greetings Stephen, from another Hogan, based in Christchurch New Zealand.

[@stephenh4965]

Woah nice

[@paulyh4531]

I'm guessing red line , red led on the train front , green line green led writing on the front of train. ? Prob wrong. Great video as always 👍

[@qwertyTRiG]

Perfectly correct, actually.

[@Oscair_Brady]

Yes Longford!

[@Oscair_Brady]

Good video btw

[@SamSitar]

in America, greyhound has a reserved seating option.

[@lancastrian123]

Have you actually been to Tara Street Station in Dublin, or are you going to travel all the way back just to visit that one. Either that or you missed it on a map update.

[@AllTheStations]

is that on the Isle of Wight?

[@lancastrian123]

@@AllTheStations I think that it is on Craggy Island.

[@stevewareing8525]

Loved the video, is it the Irish air or something in the water but Vicki was as "Giddy as a school girl" (Google the meaning) Can't wait for the Tram video. (Moves hands side to side) : )

[@TheChrisD]

It's probably the tea.

[@LeoStarrenburg]

Just wondering: have you had a Full Irish Breakfast yet ? And if so, how was it ? If this day was anything to go by I think you could very well do with a proper start of the day.

[@TheDoctordonnanoble]

Longford looking every bit of how I imagined Longford would look tbh

[@oranoconnell108]

Castleknock is where I live

[@batman51]

From 9:08 and for 30 secs we seem to be wrong line running. Film back to front?

[@tonys1636]

Come back again and do an "all the Buses" as this is the main form of public transport for most people who don't drive, you will get to see far more countryside, villages and Castles. They all have power Sockets and Wifi. You will need about a month or so to do it, maybe longer, oh and a strong bladder as only some services have onboard loos. There is no hostess with an arse as wide as a small country.

[@lewiscarty5517]

Sligo is also the home of Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Kian Egan from Westlife, I am surprised that they weren’t seen in your video today.

[@johnnyonezero2]

I would think W.B. Years trumps westlife as a cultural reference point?

[@lewiscarty5517]

John Harrison Yeah, that’s true, but it will be funny if they did

[@rzholland]

No smutty jokes at Killcock then??

[@vickygarnett7623]

Was gonna write a comment about how to determine red line and green line luas but given that you're 4 days ahead of these videos I'm sure you find that out......

[@LouisOnAir]

I love that Experimental ATS Theme, sounds just like Bjork.

[@lauriecroad3186]

You forgot the MAP! (But many thanks to Chris who, to my mind, proves to be a REAL person! Hey, thanks Chris!).

[@oskarsrode2167]

Watching about a cathedral that burned down just one day after Notre Dame burned down. Weird feeling...

[@carneyalan]

Gutted you didn't make more of Dromod station. For true railway lovers you missed a golden opportunity to explore the old Cavan Leitrim Narow gauge railway and museum. This railway was closed in March 1959 (just over 60 years ago) and 40 meters of track restored that the local volunteers have so lovingly worked on.. You would have been luck enough to see the recently returned home "Nancy" who arrived back last week ......... you missed so so so much. Cannot believe you didn't even get out of you seat to look out. You just breezed by. I was on the platform at the time and could have given you so much information just like some of your other "guests" . If you are truly are the rail and in infrastructure enthusiasts that I believe you to be, there are many abandoned railways including this one that you should get back to see. You even missed the abandoned track that leaves Mullingar back to Athlone. Wonderfully restored cycle way (like the one you did in Waterford). So much to see and do. Please come back

[@AllTheStations]

we asked .. and spoke to them, and they're not open on Friday's. we really tried to arrange something as we knew they were there and wanted to drop it in, but alas it was not to be ...

[@barvdw]

I was in Dromod, and I didn't know that! I just stayed the night a couple of years back, as I was looking for an affordable hotel close to sunset and Longford was more expensive. Probably my best stay in Ireland thus far, great room, excellent breakfast and lovely stroll through the village for only €40... I visited Longford and its cathedral the next morning, as the first train to Sligo was late enough to catch it after returning to Longford town...

[@RegionPrepper]

Hopefully, on one of the reserved seat signs we'll see ..Last name " All The", First Name " Stations"

[@GaryMarriott]

I'm amazed you didn't enter your names as Forname: Stations, Surname: All-The

[@tarabuses]

You missed another opportunity to visit Tara Street station by diverting to Docklands. It's not on the Luas either so when will you get there?

[@AllTheStations]

where is this fictional 'Tara' station that everyone keeps talking about ...?

[@dotsguard6246]

@@AllTheStations Check on KZbin ... videos .. on the Dart ??

[@jimmyotoole7194]

Between Pearse and Connolly stations.

[@tarabuses]

All The Stations. You know the station I mean. Tara Street. Look on your map, there is still a grey circle in Dublin.

[@zaveexixterteen3841]

I wish they had name reservsting in thr UK... It would make it much easier to look at names than departure and destinstion station!

[@SFSEfartman]

Actually some operators do this if you ask them when doing a reservation via phone. East Midland trains is one of them.

[@SFSEfartman]

On top of that train managers can alter reservations when travelling. I know one couple had a surprise when they joined at a station when someone told the train operator (I think it was virgin trains) that the couple was travelling on their anniversary. So instead of saying seat reserved from X to Y, it said happy 50th anniversary from (Train company)

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Geoff - was that a red camera body?

[@ruairidhmunro]

we couldn't do that reservation thing in the UK ... people would just put rubbish it to see if it would display c#@k

[@qwertyTRiG]

I've used fake names before; usually from Discworld books.

[@kateodonnell8014]

cool gm

[@brettnorris1428]

All The Stations - The Video map - now updated with Episodes 10 through to 13 of the Irish All The Stations adventure. all-the-videos.herokuapp.com

[@hausaffe100]

new challenge ALL THE BUS STOPS