Category Archives: Extant waterways

Who built the quay at Kildysart?

Posted on Monday 21 March 2011 | Leave a comment

The Shannon Commissioners didn’t, but who did? Read about it here. Topics covered include a quad bike, a gandalow and a mausoleum.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Operations, shannon estuary, Steamers, The cattle trade, Waterways management

Tagged Aughinish, Bindon Scott, boats, Cahircon, causeway, channel, Clare, Darina Tully, Fergus, ferry, ford, gandalow, Inishcorker, Ireland, jetties, Kildysart, Kildysert, Killadysart, Killadysert, Limerick, mausoleum, Operations, pontoon, quad bike, quay, Shannon, Shannon Commissioners, turf, waterways, workboat

Crovraghan continuity

Posted on Saturday 19 March 2011 | 1 comment

The cattle-carrying lighters and other interesting boats at Crovraghan.

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Scenery, shannon estuary, The cattle trade

Tagged boats, cattle, Clare, Crovraghan, Darina Tully, Fergus, ferry, gandalow, gandelow, ganlo, Illaunbeg, Ireland, islands, lighter, Operations, Paradise, Shannon, Shannon cot, T R Henn, vessels, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Rosscliff

Posted on Friday 18 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Rosscliff is a cattle port on the Fergus estuary. It is not clear whether this is the location of the quay referred to by Lewis and the Parliamentary Gazetteer in their entries for Ballinacally (Ballynacally).

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Tagged Ballinacally, Ballynacally, boats, carvel, cattle, Clare, clinker, creek, Darina Tully, Deer Island, Fergus, ferry, gandalo, gandalow, gandelow, ganlo, Ireland, jetties, lighter, mud, Operations, Paradise, quay, Shannon, vessels, workboat, yawl

Mountshannon seaplanes

Posted on Friday 18 March 2011 | 1 comment

Nice to see I’m not the only one who wonders how this proposed operation will succeed. I’d like to have a look at the business plan ….

Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, shannon estuary, Tourism, Water sports activities, Weather

Tagged Cork, Dublin, floatplane, Ireland, Limerick, Lough Derg, Operations, seaplane, Shannon, vessels

Location

Posted on Wednesday 16 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Page 84 of Ruth Delany’s The Shannon Navigation (Lilliput Press 2008) has a drawing with this caption:

A drawing by Edward Jones which it is thought might depict the Shannon Commission’s survey in progress at an unidentified location possibly down the Shannon Estuary. (Courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries of London)

I suggest that the drawing is of Saleen, on the Ballylongford Creek in Co Kerry, on the lower reaches of the Shannon Estuary. The first word written on the drawing looks like “Sawline”, which might be a version of “Saleen”.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Operations, People, Scenery, shannon estuary, Sources, The turf trade, Waterways management

Tagged Ballylongford, boats, Edward Jones, Ireland, Kerry, Operations, quay, Royal Society of Antiquaries, Ruth Delany, Saleen, Shannon, Shannon Commissioners, Trinity College, turf, vessels, waterways

Dublin saunter

Posted on Tuesday 15 March 2011 | Leave a comment

I’ve made some changes to my pages about (parts of) the waterways in Dublin. Essentially, I’ve suggested a walking route that would take you:

from Connolly Station to Newcomen Bridge and Lock 1 on the Royal Canal, then up the Royal as far as Lock 5 (with possibilities for refreshment)
back a bit to the junction with the abandoned Broadstone Line, then down that line to Constitution Hill
from there to the Liffey quays, with some thoughts on the Guinness Liffey barges, then up Steevens Lane and James’s Street to Echlin Street and the filled-in Grand Canal Harbour
around the harbour before ending in the Guinness Storehouse.

More information here or go directly to this page.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Rail, Tourism, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bridge, Broadstone, canal, floozie, Glasnevin, Grand Canal, Grand Canal harbour, Guinness, Ireland, Ireland canals Grand Royal, James's St, Joyce, Kavanaghs, lawyers, Liffey, Liffey Swim, national museum, Operations, quay, Royal Canal, Storehouse, strumpet, Swift, turf, vessels, Victoria, waterways, Waterways Ireland, Yeats

Big it up for Waterways Ireland

Posted on Tuesday 15 March 2011 | 2 comments

Waterways Ireland and the National Trails Office have come together to develop a technical specification, including code of practice and risk assessment for canoe and small vessel trails in Ireland.

The National Trails Office started work on the classification of water based trails in its publication,”Classification and grading of recreational trails.” The purpose of this tender is to develop this process further and produce a technical specification, including a code of practice and risk assessment for the future development of canoe and other small water vessel trails on the rivers and waterways of Ireland.

Tender notice on the eTenders Public Procurement website here, but you may need to be registered to get the bumpy.

This is a Jolly Good Idea and much to be encouraged. There are some suggestions for possible trails (mostly not on WI waters) on this site.

Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Natural heritage, Operations, Tourism, Water sports activities

Tagged boats, canal, Ireland, Ireland waterways rockville, Limerick, lock, Montpelier, O'Briensbridge, Shannon, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Fry’s Irish delight

Posted on Monday 14 March 2011 | 1 comment

Railway heads may wish to boogie on over to this site to look at a fifteen-minute video of the Fry Model Railway, which is to be evicted from its home at Malahide Castle.

The National Museum thinks saving the Fry isn’t really quite its sort of thing; no doubt it’s busy with its collection of frocks. It appears to possess one model steam railway locomotive; it has no steam engine, no diesel engine, but lots of stamps and coins.

The Fry includes some waterways items.

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Non-waterway, Operations, Rail, Tourism

Tagged boats, canal, Fry, Ireland, Malahide Castle, railway, vessels, waterways

WI and residential boaters

Posted on Monday 14 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Here is an opinion piece about Waterways Ireland’s letter to the residential boaters (live-aboards) at Sallins on the Grand Canal.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bye-laws, byelaws, canal, Grand Canal, holding tanks, insurance, IRBOA, Ireland, live-aboards, mooring, Operations, residential boating, Sallins, Shannon, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Intricate channels and interesting boats

Posted on Wednesday 9 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Another of the quays on the west side of the Fergus estuary: Lackannashinnagh, near Killadysert (Kildysert).

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Tagged Admiralty, Aughinish, Bianconi, boats, Clare, Clyde Puffer, county council, Crovraghan, Darina Tully, Fergus, Foynes, gandelow, heritage, Inishcorker, Ireland, James Wolfe, jetties, Kildysert, Killadysert, Lackannashinnagh, Limerick, Operations, Plautus. Shamrock, quay, sailing directions, Shannon, Turk, vessels, waterways, workboat