Kilkenny MacDonagh railway station

Kilkenny MacDonagh Stáisiún Mhic Dhonnchadha
Kilkenny MacDonagh station in 2024
General information
Location	Dublin Road, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, R95 AWY8 Ireland
Coordinates	52°39′15″N 7°14′37″W / 52.654167°N 7.243611°W / 52.654167; -7.243611
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus routes	4
Bus operators	Bus Eireann City Direct TFI Local Link
Connections	73 374 881 KK2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	KKNNY
Fare zone	K
Key dates
12 May 1848 (1848-05-12)	Station opened
c. 2000	Station relocated

Kilkenny railway station (MacDonagh Station, Irish: Stáisiún Mhic Dhonnchadha) serves the city of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.

It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route.^[1] and was given the name MacDonagh on 10 April 1966 in commemoration of Thomas MacDonagh, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916.

It is on a short spur off the main railway line, at a distance of approximately 4.5 km from the Lavistown Loop Line. This requires trains to exit the station in the same direction from which they entered. This meant shunting the locomotive from one end of the train to the other. Today the use of IE 22000 Class railcars has eliminated the need for this procedure.