Waterways Ireland is still pumping water from the River Inny into the Royal Canal at the Whitworth Aqueduct near Abbeyshrule, but the level is still well down. I imagine that that makes it impossible, at least for larger boats, to travel the canal at present.
The location
The inflow from the pump
The level on the aqueduct
I don’t usually report WI marine notices, but the current closure of the Royal Canal at Abbeyshrule is the result of one of the more unusual incidents I can recall.
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Tagged Abbeyshrule, helicopter, Royal Canal
From a WI presser received this afternoon:
The second set of locations offering the E.M.P include the Floating Moorings on the Grand Canal Dock beside the Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre on which a permit will be offered until March 2013. Additionally extended mooring locations will also be opened on the Grand Canal near Lock 34 in Co Offaly, Pike Bridge in Co Kildare and Abbeyshrule in Co Longford. The full details of the locations including the GPS co-ordinates, the Application Form and Guidance Notes will be available on www.waterwaysireland.org from the 3rd December.
Update 4 December 2012: the press release is now on the WI site.
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Tagged Abbeyshrule, boats, bridge, canal, Dublin, Grand Canal, Grand Canal Docks, Ireland, lock, lock 34, mooring permits, Operations, Pike Bridge, Ringsend, Royal Canal, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland
Maark Gleeson of Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club has kindly given me details of the Club’s recent trip along the Royal, with notes on the time taken and some useful advice, especially about the tides in Dublin.
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Tagged 12th lock, Abbeyshrule, Blanchardsstown, boats, bridge, canal, Clondra, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, Liffey, lock gate, lock key, patroller, Poolbeg, Richmond Harbour, Royal Canal, Shannon, tide, waterways, Waterways Ireland, yacht & boat club
The Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club, recreating the Club’s 1925 trip, entered the Royal Canal sea lock from the Liffey on Saturday morning, 16 April 2011; some boats have reached Abbeyshrule this evening, and they hope to reach Clondra tomorrow evening, which will be four days from the Liffey.
That’s very fast: for Blanchardstown to/from Clondra, IWAI Dublin Branch estimated 5 days X 8 hours and I estimated 6 days X 7 hours, plus another day from the Liffey to Blanchardstown (12th Lock). I understand that CYBC has been doing very long days; I’ll get details later. In the meantime, well done CYBC.
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Tagged 12th lock, Abbeyshrule, Blanchardstown, boats, canal, Clondra, Clontarf, CYBC, Ireland, Ireland canals Grand Royal, Liffey, lock, Operations, Royal Canal, sea lock, waterways, Waterways Ireland, yacht and boat club
How many steamers were used on the Royal Canal? The standard answer is five, but the right answer might be nine or ten. Read about Fishbourne, the unknown carrier, here.
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Tagged Abbeyshrule, Ballymahon, boats, bridge, canal, Carrick-on-Shannon, Clarke, Conqueror, Dauntless, delany, Drogheda, Dublin, Fishbourne, Grendon, Ireland, Ireland canals Grand Royal, Lefroy, Longford, Mermaid, MGWR, Operations, Pioneer, Rambler, Rattler, Royal Canal, Shannon, steam, steamer, tug, tug-barge, vessels, waterways
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