Category Archives: Forgotten navigations

Drum on the Lagan

Posted on Monday 23 April 2012 | Leave a comment

I was introduced to two places on the Lagan Navigation last weekend. The first was Drum Bridge; here is a page about it.

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Grand water

Posted on Monday 16 April 2012 | Leave a comment

Here is a page about the feeders that supplied water to the Grand Canal. There will soon be a page about the Royal Canal feeders; these will lead to an examination of the current and proposed supply of water to the Royal.

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NAMA and the River Suir

Posted on Friday 13 April 2012 | Leave a comment

NAMAWineLake has a story here. More on the Suir in Clonmel here.

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Tagged Clonmel, island, mills, NAMA, Suir

Estuarial islands

Posted on Thursday 5 April 2012 | Leave a comment

The Shannon Fergus Islands Group is seeking consultants to undertake

research on access, tourism and agricultural sustainability of the islands while identifying how best to deliver on the vision being ever mindful of the primary constraints of physical access limitations and environmental designation.

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Tagged boats, estuary, Fergus, Ireland, islands, Shannon, waterways

Royal water

Posted on Thursday 5 April 2012 | Leave a comment

The summit level of the Royal Canal has been closed until further notice because of shortage of water and the 34th and 35th levels have been closed until 20 April for emergency repairs. Marine Notices here, along with a general waarning about low water levels.

Met Éireann’s Monthly Summary for March 2012 [PDF] says:

Rainfall totals were relatively low for the time of year, with percentage of normal values below 50% in most locations. Mullingar [which is on the summit level of the Royal Canal] reported its driest March since 1961 (51 years), while most other stations reported their driest March in at least 7 years. Number of wet days recorded (days with 1 mm or more) was below average everywhere, with most stations measuring their lowest March maximum daily rainfall in seven to 39 years.

Can we have our normal weather back please? Or will that be coming in the “summer” months?

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Tagged canal, Ireland, Mullingar, rain, Royal Canal, waterways, Waterways Ireland, weather

Competition closed

Posted on Friday 30 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Nobody has attempted to identify this quay, so the competition is now closed and I’ll drink the sherry myself.

It is, of course, the downstream quay at Clarecastle at the head of the Fergus Navigation.

Clarecastle downstream

Here is the upstream quay, just around the corner.

Clarecastle upstream

The upstream quay bears the following inscription.

Inscription at Clarecastle

I really must return and get a better photo when it’s less slippy. Note that, although this is on tidal waters, Thomas Rhodes was the engineer.

Did you know that Clarecastle still has its own port authority? Go to this excellent pub and ask John Power about it. His brother (Dr Joe) wrote the definitive history of Clarecastle. John has lots of interesting old photos and maps on display in a really good traditional pub. He’s got a facetweet thingie too.

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Tagged boats, Clarecastle, Commissioners, estuary, Fergus, Ireland, Operations, quay, Shannon, Thomas Rhodes, vessels, Waterways Ireland

Quay

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 | 3 Comments

A quay on a tributary of the Shannon, with reeds in the foreground.

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Shannon, waterways

Tagged Ireland, quay, Shannon, waterways

A Shannonside castle

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 | 4 Comments

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Scenery, Shannon, Weather

Tagged castle, Ireland, Shannon

On the occasion of Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee …

Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Leave a comment

… (that is, of course, Her Late Victorian Majesty), F E Prothero suspended his explorations of Irish waterways after he had descended the Nore, from Abbeyleix to New Ross, in May 1897. Here is his account of that trip.

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Prothero

Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Leave a comment

This site includes several extracts from F E Prothero’s 1896 and 1898 accounts of small-boat trips on Irish waterways. This short page shows what I know about Mr Prothero; I would welcome further information.

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Tagged Barrow, boats, Clones, Dublin, Erne, estuary, Fergus, Grand Canal, Ireland, Killaloe, Limerick, Lough Derg, Lough Neagh, Prothero, Royal Canal, Shannon, Ulster Canal, waterways

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