Comments on: The upper Suir: Carrick to Clonmel http://irishwaterwayshistory.com Tue, 15 May 2012 08:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bjg http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-15569 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:08:23 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-15569 Being discouraged sounds like a good plan …. The problem is that you couldn’t predict what conditions you might encounter: anything from shallows (as on this page http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/up-the-suir/) to a raging torrent through the bridges. I’ll give you a ring. bjg

]]> By: Frank Durkin http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-15568 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:52:36 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-15568 Reading all this discourages me from taking part in a rowing tour on the Suir from Clonmel downstream. We were hoping to use touring quad sculls. Any thoughts?

Frank D.

]]> By: bjg http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-11872 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:48:55 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-11872 Thanks, Tom. A very useful link and I’m delighted to learn of the connection to the Chancellor of the Exchequer! bjg

]]> By: Tom Hahessy http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-11870 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:38:54 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-11870 Tom Hahessy:
I stumbled on this while browsing “Clonmel”. Congratulations on an excellent piece of work.
The History of Clonmel referred to by PJD claims that the first settlement in Clonmel was by Viking traders, on the Island in your sketch. This trading centre was protected by the local chietains, presumably for some payment.
Here is the link to an online version.
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyclonmel00burkgoog/historyclonmel00burkgoog_djvu.txt

By copying it into a WORD document you can search the text for more information by EDIT FIND.
An interesting fact is that Sir Thomas’ bridge was built by Sir Thomas Osborne, the ancestor of the currrent UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will succeed to hs title.

]]> By: bjg http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-10380 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:56:11 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-10380 Thanks, James. Your best bet is to contact South Tipperary County Council’s Heritage Officer who takes a great interest in the Suir. I’ve corrected the reference to Carrickbeg. bjg

]]> By: bjg http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-10376 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:38:11 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-10376 That’s very interesting; thank you. I’m not completely sure that water transport would have been more expensive than road: I have seen some accounts from the UK suggesting that, at least for bulk goods, water transport was cheaper. At the time, it would certainly have been faster, although the water route might have been less direct. bjg

]]> By: james http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-8433 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:25:57 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-8433 great read wonderful river.carrickbeg is in tipperary..could anybody give me details of who is resposible for the upkeep of the towpath from carrick to clonmel as some of the banks are in bad need of repair.

]]> By: Brian Lynch http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-8244 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:48:14 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-8244 Well done for very interesting blog. I have an old letter dated 1828 from a Clonmel gentleman who is placing an order for a large quantity of claret from a Dublin spirit merchant. What is interesting is the delivery route he has specified. He wanted the order placed on the Kingstown steamer headed for Waterford, and from there handed over to his broker who would place it on the first boat to Clonmel. I would assume that this delivery method was more expensive than transporting overland but he says with this method, the load would be delivered ‘without much shaking’. Probably less chance of theft as well.

]]> By: bjg http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-4199 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:18:33 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-4199 Thanks for giving the link. I consulted Fred Hamond’s reports for my section on infrastructure and for my account of the trip from Kilsheelan to the Anner Bridge. I completely agree about the value of the reports; in fact I think Fred’s is now the best single resource for anyone interested in the navigation of the upper Suir (although I have better pics!). I strongly recommend that folk interested in the Suir should go to the page as you suggest.

bjg

]]> By: slatz22 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/abandoned-or-little-used-irish-waterways/waterways-of-the-south-east/the-upper-suir-carrick-to-clonmel/#comment-4175 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:15:15 +0000 http://irishwaterwayshistory.com/?page_id=1241#comment-4175 “A built, cultural and natural heritage audit has been undertaken along a 33km stretch of the River Suir by Fred Hamond and Dr Helen Sheridan, for the Heritage Office, South Tipperary County Council with funding from The Heritage Council.”
http://www.southtippcoco.ie/en/aboutus/news/mainbody,6305,en.html

Lots of interesting reading in the PDF files available on the above page.

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