SOS: Support Our Steam

2020 was an incredibly difficult year for all of us. The Irish Steam Preservation Society opted in March to close the Stradbally Woodland Railway for the year due to Covid-19 and not long after that, was forced to cancel the annual National Steam Rally. 

As a new year begins, we are looking to the future. Our steam loco Róisín has been locked up in her shed all year and we’re counting down the days until she can pull trains for the public again. In a different shed in England, another engine of ours is waiting to come home to Stradbally in steam for the first time in years. The Mann engine is a road-going steam vehicle belonging to the Society and it’s return to steam on home turf is imminent. 

In order to make sure that Róisín can leave her shed and that the Mann engine can come home, we’re appealing to the public for donations to make up for our losses in income during 2020. 

The funds raised will ensure that the Railway can open to the public again (subject to any public health guidelines which may be in place in the future) and to cover the transportation costs of bringing the Mann engine back home again. 

If you’d like to help us reach these goals in 2021 and help keep Irish steam heritage alive in the years to come, please consider donating to our case via our iDonate page. 

The Society has created innumerable happy memories and memorable occasions for untold thousands of people throughout its 55-year history. Please help us make sure we can continue to do this long after Covid-19 is gone and for many years into a much brighter future.