Work on the new West Offaly Power Plant being built beside the present station moves on.
The road leading from the Church to the statin is presently being widenened from 4.5 Metres
to 7.0 Metres.This has meant that 76 trees had to be removed from the roadside.
The old carriage road to Dublin north of the station has also been given a wide birth as it were
to allow lorry transport carry peat to the new station.This road always had the potential for a
safe pleasant walk and hopefully this will be borne in mind.Some years ago I counted ten
different varieties of flowers in bloom including a hedgeful of bluebells that dated back to
when Lyons lived in the big derelict house alongside.A little field on the southside of this
roadway was once used as a type of filling station when The Bianconi Family ran a regular
horse dran carriage service from Dublin to The West with horse changes at Edenderry
Shannonbridge and Tuam.The horse were fed and looked after and kept in this field
behind the power station.The little house belonging to the horse carer was in ruins and was
removed in the recent road widening.Maybe some day a sign might be erected.
Bianconi had houses along the way where his customers might stay overnight and Lukers
Pub and Darcys House were two of these.Bianconi's trademark was a half wheel shaped
fanlight over the doorways.