What the records say
- When
- 1 Aug 1980
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 52.23° N, 8.67° W
- Description
- 1980 train crash in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
- Deaths
- 18
- Injured
- 70
Buttevant Rail Disaster
1980 train crash in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
The Buttevant Rail Disaster was a train crash that occurred on 1 August 1980 at Buttevant Railway Station, County Cork, in Ireland, 220 kilometres (137 mi) from Dublin on the main line to Cork. More than 70 people were injured, and 18 died, in one of Ireland's worst rail disasters.
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