[2] The design was influenced by the tastes of the 6th Duke of Devonshire who resided at nearby Lismore Castle and had in effect commissioned the line.

[4] According to the Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, the building of the station was sponsored by the Duke of Devonshire and constructed of Derbyshire grit stone imported from the Duke's English property at Chatsworth, in a "picturesque Tudor-style";[5] a 1997 article in the Irish Times describes it as a "a superb example of Victorian Gothic architecture".

[6] The Irish National Inventory of Architectural Heritage goes on to commend the "high quality local stone masonry" and states that "the railway station contributes significantly to the quality of the townscape".

According to the "eiretrains" site and its associated extensive photographic documentation, the station had a single platform,[3] although the 1997 "Irish Times" article states that there were two platforms designated for separating passengers and goods/livestock;[6] as its "second platform", possibly that article is referring to a loading bay or similar that functioned as a point for offloading goods to the substantial stone-built goods shed with an ornate cast iron roof, which was also part of the station complex and was located on the opposite side of the track to the passenger station building.

[2] In 1995, the station building, which had become derelict since its 1967 closure, was purchased for re-use by a couple who first restored the station-master's house for their own occupation, then converted the extensive stone goods shed, which had been used in the intervening years to house a sausage factory, to form workshops for the operation of traditional craft skills including a working forge, workshops for woodturning, country carpentry, cooopering, toolmaking and tinsmithing.