The village was previously served by
Glaslough railway station, which was part of the
Ulster Railway; the station opened on 25 May 1858. The Ulster Railway merged with the
Irish North Western Railway (INW) and the
Northern Railway of Ireland in 1876, to form the
Great Northern Railway (GNR). The
partition of Ireland in 1922 turned the boundary with
County Armagh into an international frontier, after which trains were routinely delayed by customs inspections. In 1957, the
Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR board close the line between and the border, giving the board no option but to withdraw passenger services between the border and
Clones as well.
CIÉ took over the remaining section of line between Clones,
Monaghan and Glaslough in 1958, but withdrew goods services between Monaghan and Glaslough in 1959 and between Clones and Monaghan in 1960, leaving
County Monaghan with no railway service. ==People==