List of narrow gauge railways in Ireland
- List of narrow gauge railways in Ireland
Ireland formerly had several narrow gauge railways, almost all built to a gauge of 914 mm (3 feet). The last (non-preserved) line to close was the West Clare Railway in 1961.
List of closed lines
*Ballycastle Railway (closed in 1950)
*Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway (closed in 1940)
*Ballymena and Larne Railway (closed in 1950)
*Bessbrook and Newry Light Railway
*Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway (closed in 1933)
*Cavan and Leitrim Railway (closed in 1959)
*Clogher Valley Railway (closed in 1942)
*Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (closed in 1932)
*Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (closed in 1934)
*County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (closed in 1960)
*Dublin and Lucan Electric Railway
*Giant's Causeway Tramway (closed in 1949)
*Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway (closed in 1953)
*Schull and Skibbereen Railway (closed in 1947)
*Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (closed in 1953)
*West Clare Railway (closed in 1961)
List of preserved or restored lines
*Donegal Railway Heritage Centre
*Cavan and Leitrim Railway at Dromod
*Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway
*The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway
*Waterford and Suir Valley Railway
*Cumann Traenach na Gaeltachta Láir
*West Clare Railway at Moyasta
*Tralee and Dingle Light Railway at Tralee
Operational industrial lines
*Bord na Móna - various industrial lines for transporting newly-cut peat
ee also
*History of rail transport in Ireland
*List of heritage railways in Northern Ireland
*List of heritage railways in the Republic of Ireland
*Listowel and Ballybunion Railway (Lartigue Monorail)
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