Kells Transport "museum" was a private collection of upto 350+ vehicles. I insert quotations around the word museum as I think it was only ever really that in the mind of the owner and maybe some of the bus manaics. Mostly consisting of unrestored Buses and Coaches in varying states of disrepair. Some of the vehicles dated back to the 1950s and some were quite rare. There were also a number of fire engines and a load of Ulster bus Leyland tigers that years ago caused a load of fuss. The guy who owned the place has a reputation for being pretty eccentric, there are plenty of wild stories about him and the place floating around online if you care to look. The juiciest in my opinion being that the offices and majority of Leyland Tigers were destroyed by a certain kind of bombing in 2011. Oh and throw in a prostitution racket as well for the craic. However like most online stories thats probably just what they are.
[TLDR its a junkyard for buses owned by an eccentric]
Mostly cleared as of late 2023, I first started visiting this place around summer 2020, its not far from me and it was always worth a roll of film or a stroll in the sunshine a few times a year. My last visit was around this time last year, on this occasion the nearby farmers grumpy ass old dog took a serious dislike to me and my friend. With no bonios on hand we disappeared into the nearby fields and outran the old podge. It was still sat there waiting for us upon our return.
There is a nice old Flickr gallery of the place here from circa 2012 showing the buses etc in slightly better condition.
Welcome to "The largest transport museum in Europe and possibly the entire world" (sic)
Some of the fire engines and Defence Forces vehicles
The remains of the destroyed fleet of Ulsterbus Leyland Tigers
There were loads of Double Deckers all lined up like tombstones in one area.
The vehicles are all parked so close to each other in many areas that you have to climb through the windows to navigate around. Great fun actually.
All things considered this place always brought back memories of kids puking on the jazzy seats on school trips and the race to get the backseats, only to be thrown back down the isle 5 minutes later by the bigger cooler kids.
Thanks for looking.
[TLDR its a junkyard for buses owned by an eccentric]
Mostly cleared as of late 2023, I first started visiting this place around summer 2020, its not far from me and it was always worth a roll of film or a stroll in the sunshine a few times a year. My last visit was around this time last year, on this occasion the nearby farmers grumpy ass old dog took a serious dislike to me and my friend. With no bonios on hand we disappeared into the nearby fields and outran the old podge. It was still sat there waiting for us upon our return.
There is a nice old Flickr gallery of the place here from circa 2012 showing the buses etc in slightly better condition.
Welcome to "The largest transport museum in Europe and possibly the entire world" (sic)
Some of the fire engines and Defence Forces vehicles
The remains of the destroyed fleet of Ulsterbus Leyland Tigers
There were loads of Double Deckers all lined up like tombstones in one area.
The vehicles are all parked so close to each other in many areas that you have to climb through the windows to navigate around. Great fun actually.
All things considered this place always brought back memories of kids puking on the jazzy seats on school trips and the race to get the backseats, only to be thrown back down the isle 5 minutes later by the bigger cooler kids.
Thanks for looking.
