Robert Coey was a locomotive superintendent of the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland from 1896 until 1911.
11 Facts About Robert Coey
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Robert Coey was to be followed by three male and three female siblings, some of whom were to adopt the Scottish variant of the surname, namely Cowie.
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Robert Coey gained a first class Bachelor of Engineering from Queen's in 1875 and started with Dublin Port and Docks board in 1876 rising to Clerk of Works relatively quickly, projects including work on Carlisle Bridge.
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In 1880 Robert Coey joined Inchicore Railway Works as a draughtsman under the final years of Alexander McDonnell.
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Robert Coey became works manager in 1886 under Henry Ivatt.
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Robert Coey became Locomotive Superintendent in December 1895 until retirement in 1911 due to ill-health when the post passed to Richard Maunsell.
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Two of Robert Coey's brothers were to be involved with railways in Ulster.
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Robert Coey's brother James Cowie, born in 1855, rose from junior clerk in the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in 1869 to its general manager in 1899, retaining the same post with its successor organisation the North Counties Committee until retirement in 1922.
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Henry Cowie, some 20 years younger than Robert Coey, joined the BNCR in 1885 and rose to chief clerk in the general manager's office of the NCC before retiring in 1931.
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Robert Coey receives part credit for the one-off 1912 Sir William Goulding that was to be used on the flagship Limited Mail Express services between Dublin and Cork.
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Robert Coey designed the first example to be constructed in Ireland.