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        • This day thou shalt be with me
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        • Under the house of the dead
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      • The abandoned Main Line of the Grand Canal 3
      • The abandoned Main Line of the Grand Canal 4
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      • The top of the Suir
        • The stones of Athassel
      • The upper Suir: Carrick to Clonmel
        • A riverside seat in Clonmel
        • The Anner canal
        • Up the Suir
      • The middle Suir, from Carrick-on-Suir to Waterford
        • Down the Suir in a railway carriage
        • The (Portlaw) Clodiagh
      • Draining the Barrow
      • The tidal Barrow
      • Johnstown, Co Kilkenny
    • The Grand Canal
      • Monasterevan, the Venice of the west
      • The Mountmellick Line of the Grand Canal
        • Russells of Portarlington
      • South of Moscow, north of Geneva
    • Waterways of the west
      • The Eglinton Canal in Galway
      • The Ballycuirke Canal
    • Waterways of Ulster and thereabouts
      • Construction of the Junction Navigation at Aghoo
      • The Ulster Canal rip-off
      • Lock gear on the Junction Navigation [SEW]
      • Lough Foyle and the Strabane Canal
      • Prothero on the Erne in the 1890s
      • Prothero on the Armagh Blackwater and the Ulster Canal in the 1890s
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    • The survey of Lough Ree in 1837
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    • Keith Hadden
    • King Dan
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    • Irish waterways furniture
      • Dry docks
        • Shannon Harbour dry docks
      • Grand and Royal Canals
        • A Grand Canal lock: Belmont
      • Irish waterway bogs
      • Northern waters
        • Belturbet boat-building
        • Why hurry? The inclined planes on Dukart’s Canal
      • Shannon (north)
        • Clondra Lock: the great survivor
        • The sluices at Tarmonbarry on the River Shannon
      • Shannon (south)
        • A River Shannon lock: Athlone
        • The ESB lock at Ardnacrusha
          • Killaloe to Limerick: a slideshow
          • Parteen Villa Weir 1930 and 1927
        • Kayaks at Curragour
      • The machine demands a sacrifice: Shannon cranes
      • ESB pumping-stations above Portumna
    • Irish waterways operations
      • A Carrickcraft rescue
      • Laying buoys: a vignette
      • Moving a pump at Tarmonbarry
      • The ESB’s Shannon eel fishery
      • Supplying Hog Island
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      • The boat-builder’s heritage
      • The Lartigue Monorail in Listowel
      • The West Clare Railway at Moyasta
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      • Older Irish working boats
        • The barge at Plassey
        • Steamers on the Royal Canal
          • From Clonsilla to Clew Bay
        • Steam on the Grand Canal
        • The sale of the steamer Dover Castle in 1840
        • A sunken boat in the Shannon
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      • Eh?
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      • The Doonass bleach mill and Conway’s Canal
      • Uncle Arthur’s resting-place
      • Big skies
      • Irish waterways willies
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      • L & M Keating: the modern Henry, Mullins & McMahon
        • Painting Portumna Bridge
        • Shannon Harbour houseboat moorings
        • Dredging Limerick
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      • Fantastic map
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    • The folly of restoration
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      • The Ulster Canal 01: background
      • The Ulster Canal 02: the southern strategic priority
      • The Ulster Canal 03: implementation
      • The Ulster Canal 04: Ulster says no
      • The Ulster Canal 05: studies and appraisals
      • The Ulster Canal 06: the costs
      • The Ulster Canal 07: the supposed benefits
      • The Ulster Canal 08: the funding
      • The Ulster Canal 09: affordability
      • The Ulster Canal 10: kill it now
      • The Ulster Canal 11: some information from Waterways Ireland (and the budget)
      • The Ulster Canal 12: departmental bullshit
      • The Ulster Canal 13: an investment opportunity?
      • The Ulster Canal 14: my search for truth
      • The Ulster Canal 15: spinning in the grave
      • The Ulster Canal 16: looking for a stake
      • The Ulster Canal 17: the official position in November 2011
      • The Ulster Canal 18: Sinn Féin’s canal?
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    • Waterways tourism
      • Attracting British narrowboaters to Ireland
      • WI’s Lakelands and Inland Waterways Strategy
      • Filling (in) the Royal
        • Waterways widdershins: how to do the Royal–Grand–Shannon ring
          • Clontarf to Clondra
    • A bonfire at Collins Barracks
    • Living on the canals
      • WI’s non-houseboat policy January 2012
    • The Park Canal: why it should not be restored
      • The Park Canal 01: it says in the papers
      • The Park Canal 02: local government
      • The Park Canal 03: sinking the waterbus
      • The Park Canal 04: the Limerick weir
      • The Park Canal 05: cruisers from the Royal Canal
      • The Park Canal 06: What is to be done? (V I Lenin)
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Killaloe and Ballina

Posted on Friday 27 January 2012 | Leave a comment

Nice to see they’re going to get a Discover Day.

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    • Waterways & past uses
      • Midlands turf waterways
        • John’s Canal, Castleconnell
        • The Canal at the World’s End
        • The Finnery River navigation
        • The Lough Boora Feeder
        • The Little Brosna
        • The Lullymore canal as wasn’t
        • The Roscrea canals
        • The Rockville Navigation page 1
          • Down the Rockville
        • The Rockville Navigation page 2
        • The Rockville Navigation page 3
      • The lower Shannon
        • The piers, quays and harbours of the Shannon Estuary
          • Nimmo’s non-existent harbour
          • The Doonbeg Ship Canal
          • A sector lock: Kilrush marina
          • The Killimer to Tarbert ferry
          • The Colleen Bawn at Killimer
          • Knock knock. Who’s there?
          • Cahircon: not at all boring
          • The hidden quay of Latoon
          • The Maigue
          • Sitting on the dock of the Beagh
          • Saleen Pier
        • The Fergus
          • The lost island of Islandavanna
          • The rudely constructed quay at Ballycorick
          • Rosscliff: the port of Ballynacally?
          • This day thou shalt be with me
          • The cattle-carriers of Crovraghan
          • The intricate channels at Lackannashinnagh
          • Under the house of the dead
        • The Limerick Navigation
          • The bridge at O’Briensbridge
            • O’Briensbridge: underwater explorations
          • The Limerick Navigation (upper end) in flood November 2009
          • The Limerick Navigation (lower end) in flood November 2009
          • The Limerick Navigation (tidal section) in flood November 2009
        • Ireland’s shortest canal?
        • Up and under
      • Waterways in Dublin
        • Visit Dublin. Walk canals. Drink beer.
        • The Broadstone Line of the Royal Canal
        • Between the waters
        • The abandoned Main Line of the Grand Canal 1
        • The abandoned Main Line of the Grand Canal 2
        • The abandoned Main Line of the Grand Canal 3
        • The abandoned Main Line of the Grand Canal 4
      • Waterways of Cork and Kerry
        • Tralee Ship Canal
        • The Lombardstown to Mallow Canal
        • The Bride, the Munster Blackwater and the Lismore Canal
      • Waterways of the south-east
        • The top of the Suir
          • The stones of Athassel
        • The upper Suir: Carrick to Clonmel
          • A riverside seat in Clonmel
          • The Anner canal
          • Up the Suir
        • The middle Suir, from Carrick-on-Suir to Waterford
          • Down the Suir in a railway carriage
          • The (Portlaw) Clodiagh
        • Draining the Barrow
        • The tidal Barrow
        • Johnstown, Co Kilkenny
      • The Grand Canal
        • Monasterevan, the Venice of the west
        • The Mountmellick Line of the Grand Canal
          • Russells of Portarlington
        • South of Moscow, north of Geneva
      • Waterways of the west
        • The Eglinton Canal in Galway
        • The Ballycuirke Canal
      • Waterways of Ulster and thereabouts
        • Construction of the Junction Navigation at Aghoo
        • The Ulster Canal rip-off
        • Lock gear on the Junction Navigation [SEW]
        • Lough Foyle and the Strabane Canal
        • Prothero on the Erne in the 1890s
        • Prothero on the Armagh Blackwater and the Ulster Canal in the 1890s
    • Events
      • Shannon Floods 2009
      • The survey of Lough Ree in 1837
      • The survey of Lough Derg in 1839
    • People
      • Major Rowland Raven-Hart and his “Canoeing in Ireland”
      • Keith Hadden
      • King Dan
    • Systems & artefacts
      • Irish waterways furniture
        • Dry docks
          • Shannon Harbour dry docks
        • Grand and Royal Canals
          • A Grand Canal lock: Belmont
        • Irish waterway bogs
        • Northern waters
          • Belturbet boat-building
          • Why hurry? The inclined planes on Dukart’s Canal
        • Shannon (north)
          • Clondra Lock: the great survivor
          • The sluices at Tarmonbarry on the River Shannon
        • Shannon (south)
          • A River Shannon lock: Athlone
          • The ESB lock at Ardnacrusha
            • Killaloe to Limerick: a slideshow
            • Parteen Villa Weir 1930 and 1927
          • Kayaks at Curragour
        • The machine demands a sacrifice: Shannon cranes
        • ESB pumping-stations above Portumna
      • Irish waterways operations
        • A Carrickcraft rescue
        • Laying buoys: a vignette
        • Moving a pump at Tarmonbarry
        • The ESB’s Shannon eel fishery
        • Supplying Hog Island
      • Miscellaneous articles
        • Flying-boats in Fermanagh
        • The boat-builder’s heritage
        • The Lartigue Monorail in Listowel
        • The West Clare Railway at Moyasta
      • Irish inland waterways vessels
        • Older Irish working boats
          • The barge at Plassey
          • Steamers on the Royal Canal
            • From Clonsilla to Clew Bay
          • Steam on the Grand Canal
          • The sale of the steamer Dover Castle in 1840
          • A sunken boat in the Shannon
        • Waterways Ireland workboats
          • Waterways Ireland’s workboat Inis Cealtra
          • Waterways Ireland vehicles
        • Wooden boats on Irish inland waterways
          • Wooden boats at Lowtown
        • Traditional boats and replicas
          • Seol Sionna: a Shannon turf boat
        • Non-WI workboats
        • Sailing boats on Irish inland waterways
        • Some boats that are … different
        • 4B mooring
      • Irish waterways scenery
        • Eh?
        • In memoriam: the Shannonbridge chimneys
        • Light
        • The Doonass bleach mill and Conway’s Canal
        • Uncle Arthur’s resting-place
        • Big skies
        • Irish waterways willies
      • Engineering and construction
        • L & M Keating: the modern Henry, Mullins & McMahon
          • Painting Portumna Bridge
          • Shannon Harbour houseboat moorings
          • Dredging Limerick
      • Irish navigation authorities
        • The Office of Public Works
      • List (WIP)
        • Fantastic map
    • Opinion
      • The folly of restoration
      • The Ulster Canal
        • The Ulster Canal 00: overview
        • The Ulster Canal 01: background
        • The Ulster Canal 02: the southern strategic priority
        • The Ulster Canal 03: implementation
        • The Ulster Canal 04: Ulster says no
        • The Ulster Canal 05: studies and appraisals
        • The Ulster Canal 06: the costs
        • The Ulster Canal 07: the supposed benefits
        • The Ulster Canal 08: the funding
        • The Ulster Canal 09: affordability
        • The Ulster Canal 10: kill it now
        • The Ulster Canal 11: some information from Waterways Ireland (and the budget)
        • The Ulster Canal 12: departmental bullshit
        • The Ulster Canal 13: an investment opportunity?
        • The Ulster Canal 14: my search for truth
        • The Ulster Canal 15: spinning in the grave
        • The Ulster Canal 16: looking for a stake
        • The Ulster Canal 17: the official position in November 2011
        • The Ulster Canal 18: Sinn Féin’s canal?
      • Guano
      • Waterways tourism
        • Attracting British narrowboaters to Ireland
        • WI’s Lakelands and Inland Waterways Strategy
        • Filling (in) the Royal
          • Waterways widdershins: how to do the Royal–Grand–Shannon ring
            • Clontarf to Clondra
      • A bonfire at Collins Barracks
      • Living on the canals
        • WI’s non-houseboat policy January 2012
      • The Park Canal: why it should not be restored
        • The Park Canal 01: it says in the papers
        • The Park Canal 02: local government
        • The Park Canal 03: sinking the waterbus
        • The Park Canal 04: the Limerick weir
        • The Park Canal 05: cruisers from the Royal Canal
        • The Park Canal 06: What is to be done? (V I Lenin)
      • Tax-dodging boat-owners
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