Egypt and Ireland
We embarked [on the Mahmoudié Canal at Alexandria] in a boat not unlike those that ply in Ireland upon the Grand Canal and, to say the truth, among the dreary wastes of swamp that surrounded us, we...
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I’ve often wondered …
… what this ramp is, or at least what it was originally intended as. Curious object [2006]And now I know. There will be a special prize, of a blank sheet of A4 paper, for the first person to describe...
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Staffing the Shannon
According to the eleventh and final report of the Shannon Commissioners, published in 1850 but covering the year 1849, each of the quays built by the commissioners on the Shannon Estuary had an officer...
View ArticleKerrygold
It is, no doubt, well known that the first transatlantic steam shipping company was founded by a Kerryman and was to be based in his home county: indeed on his own estate at Valentia Island. The...
View ArticleLimerick Navigation
Last week’s talk at the Killaloe Ballina Local History Society, on the subject of the Limerick Navigation, was recorded by Scariff Bay Community Radio; a podcast (1 hr 13 min 11 sec) is available here.
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Steam, Kilrush and trade
Appendix D Letter from Mr O’Brien, Agent to the Inland Steam Navigation Company Kilrush Steam Packet Office, December, 1837 Gentlemen — I beg to inclose the Return which you requested; I also send a...
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This week’s Clare Champion [7 February 2020] has an article about the Limerick Navigation on the front page of the Living section. It’s not available online, unless (I suppose) you subscribe to the...
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There is a new video about Killaloe’s waterside heritage on the Heritage Week website here. The video was made in July 2020 by Joe O Dughghaill of Pine Valley Productions, Killaloe.
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Waterways and Means – available now
Waterways and Means is a selection of writings mainly on the late 18th and 19th century, a boom period for Irish waterways. HM Treasury had cash to burn and influential Irish MPs were keen to bring...
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