Editing Buttevant (section)

==Transport==
{{further|Buttevant Rail Disaster}}
Buttevant and Doneraile railway station opened on 17 March 1849, but finally closed on 7 March 1977.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Buttevant and Doneraile station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-09-13}}</ref>

The station was the site of the [[Buttevant Rail Disaster]] on 1 August 1980. At 12:45 a [[CIÉ]] express train from [[Dublin]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]] entered Buttevant station at {{convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} carrying some 230 Bank Holiday passengers. It careered into a siding and smashed into a stationary ballast train. The carriages immediately behind the engine and goods wagon [[jackknifing|jack-knife]]d and were thrown across four sets of rail-line. Two coaches and the dining car were totally demolished by the impact. It resulted in the deaths of 18 people and over 70 people were injured. The scale and impact of the accident meant that CIÉ, and the government, came under pressure to improve safety and modernise the rail fleet. A subsequent review resulted in the elimination of the wooden-bodied coaches that had formed part of the train. On the 25th anniversary of this accident, a commemorative service was held and a plaque in memory of the dead erected at Buttevant station.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}