Category Archives: Forgotten navigations

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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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

Liffey dissent

Posted on Friday 11 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Here is a potentially interesting case about rights on rivers.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Forgotten navigations, Natural heritage, Operations, Water sports activities

Tagged anglers, boats, Chapelizod, city council, Dublin, Ireland, Islandbridge, Liffey

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

Ulster Canal to lead to united Ireland, says French blogger

Posted on Tuesday 8 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Google’s translation:

A great work that does not really captivates crowds in Ireland, unfortunately, apart from a few enthusiasts navigation, and it is a pity because the symbolic significance of these waterways, crisscrossing the island as a vector of unity, has not escaped the Dublin government has unblocked 35 million euros in 2007 to renovate the Ulster Canal, a waterway linking artery, once renovated, Belfast to Limerick (277 km apart for motorists).

More in French here.

Can it be that Craggy Island wants the Ulster Canal as a “vector of unity” rather than as a contribution to the economic development of Clones? Or that the Ulster Canal is (comme on dit) a Fenian plot? Surely not!

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Tagged canal, Clones, Department of Community Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Erne, Ireland, Lough Neagh, Ulster Canal, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Goodbye Craggy Island?

Posted on Tuesday 8 March 2011 | Leave a comment

RTE is reporting that the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs may be broken up. Oh dear.

But no doubt its elements will continue the fight to build the Clones canal.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish waterways general, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, Tourism, Waterways management

Tagged canal, Clones, Department of Community Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Erne, Ireland, Lough Neagh, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Up the creek

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Ballycorick Bridge is north of Ballynacally, on the western side of the Fergus estuary in Co Clare. There is a small quay just below the bridge; Samuel Lewis mentioned the trade to that quay in 1837, and it stayed in use until the 1950s.

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Kensal Green

Posted on Monday 28 February 2011 | Leave a comment

The way to Paradise.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Non-waterway, People, Scenery, shannon estuary, Steamers

Tagged Ballycorick, Bickerdyke, Clare, estuary, Fergus, five arches, Henn, Ireland, Limerick, Paradise, Shannon, turf, waterways

Saving the banks

Posted on Sunday 27 February 2011 | Leave a comment

The banks, the Fergus and the lost island of Islandavanna.

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Tagged alluvium, arterial drainage, Ballycorick, Clare, corcass, Dáil, ditch, drainage, Drumquin, dyke, embankment, estuary, Fergus, flood, Ireland, Islandavanna, land, Limerick, lost, Office of Public Works, Operations, OPW, reclamation, sea-wall, Shannon, sluice, water level