Category Archives: Operations

A wooden bridge over the Liffey

Posted on Thursday 24 January 2013 | 5 comments

The Freeman’s Journal of 30 August 1873 says that a member of the crew of a canal boat, travelling on the Liffey, fell overboard but managed to swim ashore and climb one of the ladders up the quay wall to dry land. It says that the accident occurred as the boat was “passing under the wooden bridge across the Liffey”. I didn’t know there was one and would be glad to learn more about it, especially its location.

Posted in Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, waterways

Tagged barge, boats, canal, Dublin, Grand Canal, Ireland, Liffey, vessels, waterways, wooden bridge

Steam on the Grand Canal 1877

Posted on Thursday 24 January 2013 | Leave a comment

Freeman’s Journal 25 April 1877

ANOTHER SUSPICIOUS DEATH

Yesterday Henry L Harty, Esq, county coroner, held an inquest on the body of Patrick Savage, aged 75, who was found drowned in the Grand Canal at Portobello on Monday. The jury found that deceased was found drowned, having a fracture of the skull and jaw, and four ribs; but there was no evidence to show how the injuries were caused. One of the witnesses, named James Rea, of Reilly’s Cottages, Clanbrassil-street, said that previous to his seeing the body floating, a canal boat passed down the canal, and also a small steamer. This, the coroner said, might have caused the injuries.

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Posted in Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Sources, Steamers, Uncategorized, waterways

Tagged barge, boats, canal, canal boat, Dublin, Grand Canal, Ireland, Operations, Portobello, steamer, vessels, waterways, workboat

Clever chaps …

Posted on Tuesday 22 January 2013 | Leave a comment

… those Danes and Belfast folk at Harland and Wolff (which is on the Lagan, so this is of inland waterways interest).

More Northern Ireland engineering ingenuity here.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Operations

Tagged belfast, Harland and Wolff, Lagan, Northern Ireland, suction bucket, wind farm

Competition arrives

Posted on Monday 21 January 2013 | Leave a comment

The number of Shannon-side operations holding Marked Fuel Traders’ Licences [XLS] has doubled since last week: Ciaran Fallon of Rooskey is joined by Quigley’s Marina at Killinure. Congratulations to Brian Quigley.

So there are now two licence-holders on the Shannon. Still no sign of IBRA members (save that Quigleys supplies Waveline) but no doubt they will appear soon.

E&OE: the list now covers 170 pages and I may have missed someone. If so, sorry; let me know and I’ll post the information.

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Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Politics, Shannon, Sources, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, Ciaran Fallon, green diesel, Ireland, Killinure, Lough Ree, marked fuel trader's licence, Quigleys, Rooskey, Roosky, Shannon, vessels, waterways

L+M Keating again

Posted on Monday 21 January 2013 | 2 comments

Here are some photos of recent L+M Keating projects.

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, Scenery, Shannon, Sources, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Clare, dredging, Dublin, embankment, ESB, estuary, Grand Canal, Ireland, Killaloe, L & M Keating, Limerick, Lough Derg, Meelick, Operations, Portumna, Shannon, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

WI mooring locations batch 5

Posted on Monday 21 January 2013 | Leave a comment

A press release today says:

The fifth set of areas to offer the E.M.P includes locations in Dublin on the Royal Canal at Blanchardstown as well as Thomastown, Co Westmeath. On the Grand Canal Ballycowan, Derries and Gallen in Co Offaly will open. In addition Athy and Ballyteigue both in Co Kildare and St Mullins in Co Carlow which are all on the Barrow will also open for applications on the 21^st January.

As far as I can see, the rest of the text of the press release is standard information that we already knew.

To see exactly what locations will be covered in batch 5, you’ll have to check the WI website on 21 January 2013.

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Posted in Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged Barrow, boats, bridge, canal, Dublin, extended mooring, Grand Canal, Ireland, lock, Operations, permit, Royal Canal, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Dredgers

Posted on Monday 21 January 2013 | Leave a comment

I’ve moved my pics of dredgers to a new page and added a few more.

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Posted in Drainage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Shannon, shannon estuary, Suir, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Clare, dredger, dredging, Dublin, Erne, estuary, Ireland, Killaloe, L & M Keating, Limerick, lock, Lough Derg, Operations, Shannon, Shannon-Erne Waterway, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Rescue boats on Irish inland waterways

Posted on Sunday 20 January 2013 | Leave a comment

I’ve moved my photos of rescue boats to a new page and added photos of some more services. Still a lot missing, though.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Shannon, shannon estuary, Suir, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, Clare, Coast Guard, Erne, estuary, Ireland, Killaloe, Limerick, Lough Derg, Lough Neagh, Operations, rescue, RNLI, Shannon, Suir, Tipperary, vessels, Waterford, waterways, workboat

Dublin

Posted on Sunday 20 January 2013 | Leave a comment

Dublin City Public Libraries have some nice photos available online. The section on the Port of Dublin includes 1926 aerial photos of the Guinness wharf and of Spencer Dock (not busy) and Grand Canal Dock (including the section beyond the railway line, now filled in). There is also a photo of a steam barge at the Guinness wharf. In the Commercial Dublin section, I saw two businesses beside the Grand Canal, Ever Ready Batteries at Portobello and Gordon’s Fuels at Harold’s Cross.

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

Tagged barge, boats, bridge, canal, Dublin, Ever Ready, Gordons, Grand Canal, Grand Canal Dock, Guinness, Harold's Cross, Ireland, libraries, Liffey, Operations, Portobello, quay, Royal Canal, Spencer Dock, vessels, waterways, wharf

Yes, but not in the south

Posted on Tuesday 15 January 2013 | Leave a comment

I see that Emerald Star offer what they call a Southern Shannon Cruise, which starts at Carrick-on-Shannon and goes all the way south to … Athlone. Athlone may be in the midlands, yes, but not in the south.

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Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Shannon, Tourism, waterways

Tagged Athlone, boats, Carrick-on-Shannon, Emerald Star, Ireland, Le Boat, Operations, Shannon