THIS OTHER EDEN

IRE
1959
1hr 20mins
Dir: Muriel Box
Starring: Leslie Phillips and Audrey Dalton

Passions stir when a small Irish town erects a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the Irish War for Independence

This Irish comedy drama was an adaptation of the play of the same name by Louis D’Alton. It features one quite lengthy scene that was filmed onboard a train with Leslie Philips and Audrey Dalton dining in a refreshment car. There are two shots of a branch train passing through the countryside folowed by an arrival, and departure scene, at Gleanealy station, southwest of Wicklow on the Dublin – Arklow and Rosslare line. The initial departure scene was filmed at Bray station with the train hauled by a Metro-Vick C Class diesel,

the train departs from the seaside town of Bray, Co Wicklow, on the Dublin to Rosslare line. This shot is looking down to Platform 2 from the footbridge looking south. The locomotive is a Metro-Vick C Class.
This establishing shot of Glenealy station. Sadly, this was probably as busy as it ever got!!
The train passes through the verdant Irish countryside. Rory Wilson believes this to be ‘somewhere on the northern approach to Rathdrum’.
This delightful shot shows a train passing through the Irish countryside hauled by a British-built Metro-Vick C Class diesel. This is Woodenbridge, alongside the Avoca River.
The train pulls into Glenealy station. The C Class loco does not get any closer to the camera than this but it appears to be C221.
Norman Rodway waits for the train to stop before boarding
The train departs, showing the small signal box to the left. Glenealy station closed on 17th March 1964 though the line through it remains open.