The whole Irish railway modelling community on one page: the Irish Railway Modeller forum, six active clubs from Dublin to Belfast with meeting times, and where Irish Railway Models (the manufacturer) fits in. Listings based on publicly available information — confirm current times with the club before visiting.
Irish Railway Modeller is the community forum — layouts, club news, buy & sell. Irish Railway Models is the manufacturer of ready-to-run Irish-outline stock (see our new releases tracker). And the MRSI — Model Railway Society of Ireland — is the Dublin society, first club card below. For a broader route into the hobby, start with the Irish model railways guide.
Ireland's oldest and largest model railway society. Open clubrooms Wednesdays and Fridays 20:00–22:00. Hosts Ireland's biggest exhibition (Mount Temple School, October). Well-known layouts include "Dundalk Works" (GNR). €55/year membership, no joining fee.
Founded in 1975, one of the longest-established clubs in Ireland. Meets Wednesdays 20:00–22:00 and Saturday afternoons. Home of "Dun Laoghaire" — a detailed layout of the County Dublin station in contemporary Irish livery. Hosts biennial exhibition at Blackrock College, October Bank Holiday weekend.
Active regional club best known outside Wexford for "Little Siddington" — one of the largest travelling model railway layouts in Ireland at over 10 metres long. Frequent attendee at MRSI and SDMRC exhibitions. Contact via Irish Railway Modeller forum or social media for current meeting times.
Regional club serving the mid-west and Munster. Focus on Irish prototype modelling plus general OO/HO/N gauge. Good option for modellers in Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and north Kerry. Contact via Irish Railway Modeller forum for current meeting schedule.
Munster-based club with a focus on Irish Southern district modelling (Great Southern & Western Railway, CIE, Irish Rail). Contact via Irish Railway Modeller forum or social media for current meeting times and location.
Active Northern Irish club. Covers both the UTA/NIR era (Ulster Transport Authority / Northern Ireland Railways) and broader Irish and British prototype modelling. Strong cross-border attendance at MRSI exhibition.
We keep this directory up to date from publicly available information. If you run or represent a listed club, email us with updated meeting times, contact details or a confirmation and we'll refresh the entry.
Update your listingThe main online forum for Irish railway modelling — free to join at irishrailwaymodeller.com. If you only bookmark one community resource alongside this directory, make it that.
The Modeller is the forum you join; the Models is the manufacturer you buy from. The names trip everyone up at least once.
Visit first — MRSI's clubrooms (Lower Dorset Street, Dublin) open Wednesday and Friday evenings, membership around €55/year; SDMRC meets Wednesdays and Saturdays in Knocklyon. For the regional clubs, confirm current details via the forum before travelling.
Mostly OO gauge (16.5mm) despite Irish prototype track being 1600mm broad gauge — a long-accepted compromise. A dedicated minority build exact 21mm gauge. Full breakdown on our Scales guide.
New to the hobby? Start with the Beginners guide. Buying Irish-outline stock: the Where to Buy directory and New Releases tracker cover shops and announcements, and the exhibition calendar lists the shows where stockists trade in person.