Extending the line to Kilkenny

The Irish South-Eastern Railway was the Company responsible for the extension of the railway line from Carlow to Lavistown (2 miles from Kilkenny). The Great Southern and Western Railway were important shareholders in the Company and they also executed the works on the line. The Directors of the Irish South-Eastern Railway sought tenders for the first part of the route as far as the proposed viaduct over the River Barrow near Bagenalstown on October 3rd 1846. The intervening station was at Milford, some 3 ½ miles from Carlow station. John Benjamin McNeill was the engineer in chief. John L. Rickards was the engineer of the line.