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Harcourt Street Line	· Brian MacAonghusa · Currach Press · 2003 · 120 Pages · 1-85607-907-4		This is both a lament for the old Harcourt Street railway line which served Dubliners so well for over a century, and a commendation of those whose foresight over the years urged the preservation of the trackbed for possible future use. The narrative is a mixture of social history and railway facts and figures, and the photographic illustrations are particularly effective, though a large number seem to have been taken when there were no passengers about. The author has traced the history of the line through its closure, part of a wider reduction of the national network of railway lines, to its rebirth as the route of the Luas Line B.
Hard Lines (A Damned Close Run Thing)	· Bob Alexander · Inglewood Press · 1989 · 113 Pages	A softback booklet of recollections in short story format.	A tale of one railwayman’s 26 years on the Great Northern Railway. The author was a signalman, mainly in the Belfast - Lisburn - Antrim area and tells of his life and the characters he encounters in those places. The recollections are in short story format.
Harmonious Blacksmith - Robinson	· A.C. Hancox · SLS Publications · 0-903881-03-9		A booklet providing an insight into the life and work of J.G. Robinson in Ireland and England, including 32 line drawings of his locomotives.
Hill Of Howth Tramway	· R.C. Flewitt · Transport Research Associates · 1968 · 64 Pages		Mr Flewitt has assembled all the important facts, and provides his readers with the full tale of the inception and realisation of the scheme for opening up the Hill with rails. The construction and operation are well described, and there are the usual useful tables and lists - even a “wiring diagram” of the line. IRRS No.48
Historic Railway Disasters	· O.S. Nock · Ian Allan · 1987 · 271 Pages · 07110-1752-2	Chapter 5 - The Armagh Runaway Train Collision	This book catalogues the major accidents on the railways of the British Isles, one of the most important of which, in terms of its consequences for all railways, was the Armagh Disaster.
Historical Geography Of Railways In Great Britain And Ireland	· David Turnock · Ashgate Publishing · 1998 · 379 Pages · 1-85928-450-7	· Introduction: The Railway Age · Part One: Railway Networks · Railways before the Age of Steam · England and Wales · Scotland and Ireland · Part Two: The Railway Impact · Canals and Ports · The Towns · The Countryside · Conclusion	This book gives little attention to rolling stock and tracks. Instead, Turnock’s book focuses on the economic and social impact that railways have had on the development of Great Britain and Ireland. Coverage is largely devoted to the period of time between the 1830s and the First World War. It is extensively footnoted and contains much statistical data. Thirty-one figures and twenty-one tables are included in the book. An excellent bibliography precedes the index. This scholarly work is recommended for academic libraries and large public libraries with good transportation collections.
History Of Northern Ireland Railways	· William Robb · Author · 1982 · 44 Pages	· Preface · The Great Northern Railway · The Northern Counties Railway · The County Down Railway · The Railways from 1918 to 1939 · The Second World War · The Post-War Reorganisation · Disillusionment · The Downfall of the UTA · The Beginnings of Revival · Northern Ireland Railways Progress · The Belfast Central Railway project · Northern Ireland Railways - Present and Future · Appendix: Mile by Mile on NIR · Bibliography	This booklet provides what it sets out to give - a concise account of the events which led, through various troubles, to the formation of NIR, while there are also supplied some brief particulars of the several companies which (if they survived that long) went to make up the present system. The mode of printing is unfortunately not of the best. It has been unkind to the illustrations, which suffer much in the reproduction. IRRS No.89
History Of Travelling Post Offices Of Great Britain: Part 3 - Scotland And Ireland	· H.S. Wilson · Railway Philatelic Group, Leicester · 1977
Howth And Her Trams	· Jim Kilroy · Fingal Books · 1986 · 80 Pages · 1-85186-010-X	· Introduction · Stories	A series of one and two page stories and sketches of the Howth Tram.