Railroads to Ballyduff in early 1900s
Hello, my great-grandfather, James J. Ferris, emigrated to the US in about 1880, and became a very successful civil engineer. He visited Ireland three times with his wife and one of his children between 1908 and 1912. We have found them on passenger lists arriving home. It only recently occured to me that they would have had to take a train from Queenstown (Cobh) to visit both Co. Tipperary (his wife's family's home) and Co. Kerry. Or perhaps taken a bus or hired a car.
Does anyone know what railroads would have existed then, and what places they would have run between. I would assume that the railroad might not have gone all the way to Ballyduff, but perhaps it went to Listowel, or to Tralee. I'm hoping to get a sense of what it would have been like to travel then. I don't expect to find records at all, but it would be fun to guess at what route they might have taken to visit their homelands.
Thank you!
Meg Ferris
Seattle, WA