… shall not drive me back, but something has driven boats from the Bell Harbour in Monasterevan, which I can’t recall seeing so empty: just one cruiser and one WI workboat.
Cruiser at the Bell Harbour
WI workboat at the Bell Harbour
Actually, I’m not sure whether it is a WI workboat: I can’t see any logos or other ID on it.
Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management
Tagged Barrow, Barrow Line, Bell Harbour, boats, canal, Grand Canal, Kildare, Monasterevan, Operations, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat
This is a considerably expanded and updated version of an article I wrote years ago, with lots of photos. There are traces of three lost waterways to be seen in Monasterevan (my favoured spelling) and lots of other interesting waterways artefacts as well. There is even an operational puzzle: in the days when boats locked down from the canal to the Barrow, and locked back up on the far side, how were they propelled (and controlled) when crossing the river?
Irish waterways history