Jonathan Beaumont

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Jonathan Beaumont, a senior bank official in Belfast, is an author of two book on Achill Island in County Mayo. As a child, his parents took him to Achill for a holiday every year, and he has returned regularly since then.

Rails to Achill (2001) describes the history of the Westport to Achill railway, which ran from 1894 to 1937. Achillbeg: The Life of an Island (2005) chronicles life on the island of Achillbeg, which was depopulated in 1965. Research for the latter book was funded by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.[1]

Beaumont lives in Lisburn, County Antrim.

[edit] Publications

  • Beaumont, Jonathan (29 June 2002). Rails to Achill: a West of Ireland branch line. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853615888. 
  • Beaumont, Jonathan (March 2005). Achillbeg: the life of an island. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0853616310. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sylvia Thompson. "Abandoned under the Mayo sky", The Irish Times, 11 June 2005. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. 
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