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Royal water: oral hearing

Posted on Wednesday 23 May 2012 | Leave a comment

Irish Times report on the oral hearing into the proposed abstraction of water from Lough Ennell. The hearing is scheduled for three days at the Mullingar Park Hotel and a decision is expected by 11 June 2012. The two cases are being heard together:

PW3005: Ladestown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
Case Type: Provisional Order Water Supplies Act (Board Reference: PL25 .PW3005)
Description: Taking of a Supply of Water from Lough Ennell to Supply the Royal Canal.

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JA0030: Kilpatrick Bridge and Clonsingle, County Westmeath.
Case Type: LA Non-Road development – Application (Board Reference: PL25 .JA0030)
Description: Royal Canal Water Supply Scheme from Lough Ennell, Ladestown.

 

 

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Royal water

Posted on Tuesday 22 May 2012 | 2 comments

The Mullingar Advertiser discusses the Royal Canal water supply here. Some background info on this site here, here and here.

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Dunally Line

Posted on Monday 21 May 2012 | 1 comment

The Birdhill Tidy Towns group has a heritage trail on its website and it was there that I first heard of the Dunally Line, AKA the R496. Tipperary North Riding County Council also uses the name [.DOC] and it is also used in several places on OpenStreetMap.

I would like to know more about the date, purpose and circumstances of the construction of the Dunally Line.

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I don’t know much about art …

Posted on Friday 18 May 2012 | Leave a comment

… but an excuse to talk about the working history of the Shannon is not to be dismissed. I’ll be at this event in Limerick on Saturday 26 May 2012, delivering a “brief and engaging presentation” (well, there’s got to be a first time for everything). If you’re interested in the sort of stuff this site covers, email the organisers to reserve a place.

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Big it up …

Posted on Friday 18 May 2012 | Leave a comment

… for McGarr Solicitors on linking to websites.

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WI got jobs!

Posted on Tuesday 15 May 2012 | Leave a comment

Waterways Ireland has several temporary or seasonal jobs on offer. In NI, it wants a Temporary Seasonal Waterway Patroller for Lock 1 (Corraquill) on the SEW, closing date 28 May 2012, and a Temporary Seasonal Assistant Boat Person (Part Time) for the Erne, closing date also 28 May 2012.

Southron folk, though, get an extra two days to apply for jobs: a Temporary Seasonal Assistant Boat Person (Part Time) in Athlone, and Temporary Seasonal Assistant Lock Keepers for all Shannon locks north of Lough Derg.

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Irish Times catches up …

Posted on Tuesday 15 May 2012 | Leave a comment

… with this site, reporting on both Seol Sionna and the gandalows, which were covered here and here.

 

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Seol Sionna launch

Posted on Friday 11 May 2012 | Leave a comment

Seol Sionna under construction

The reproduction 25′ Shannon estuary hooker Seol Sionna will be launched at Querrin, Co Clare, on Saturday 19 May 2012, with celebrations continuing at Carrigaholt (home of the sublime Long Dock pub and eatery) on the following day [h/t dbm].

Canoe at Querrin. The second syllable of “canoe” rhymes with “go”

The pier at Querrin was built by the Shannon Commissioners; one of their marker stones (there are four at Querrin) is shown above.

Whaddya mean, you don’t know where Querrin is?

Remember, if the turf boats had not established the tourist traffic to Kilrush and Kilkee, the Shannon estuary steamers might never have got going and there might never have been a P&O line.

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Heritage Council

Posted on Thursday 10 May 2012 | Leave a comment

The Heritage Council is now down wid da kidz in da hood, having acquired a facetweet page. Does this suggest that facetweeting is now becoming socially aceeptable? And it even has a YouTube thingie, where you can watch exciting videos of ministers making speeches.

Actually, the Heritage Council is becoming very with it, as the young folk say nowadays, aligning itself with the new reality that, unless it can show an economic payoff, its interests will be a low priority with the government.

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, comme on dit, or at least comme Mr Dylan dit.

 

 

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Planting Plassey

Posted on Tuesday 8 May 2012 | Leave a comment

A group called We Love Plassey Riverbank has a facetweet page and another group called Limerick City Biodiversity Network also has one.

On Sunday 13 May 2012, starting at noon, the two groups will cooperate in planting native wildflowers along the banks of the Park Canal and the towing-path to Plassey; details here and I wish them a successful day.

 

 

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