Some chap from Limerick has been quoted in the Nationalist (Clonmel) as supporting South Tipperary County Council’s proposed taking in charge of the towing-path between Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel.
And Carrick-on-Suir River Rescue needs help raising funds to buy a premises.
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Tagged boats, Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, floods, flow, Ireland, Knocknagow, Nationalist, Operations, quay, River Rescue, Sir Thomas's bridge, Suir, vessels, waterways, workboat
Nobody tried the Spot the canal I set the other day, so I must now reveal that the eel weir shown is at the upper end of the Cong Canal. There are many photos and maps on that page.
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Tagged Ashford, boats, bridge, canal, Cong, floods, flow, Ireland, jetties, lock, lost, Lough Corrib, Lough Mask, MacMahon, mill, navigation, Operations, quay, Roberts, vessels, water level, waterways, weir
No, me neither, but it seems to mean CarrickCraft, which now has Marked Fuel Trader’s Licences for its bases at Banagher and Carrick-on-Shannon, thus swelling the host of the elect.
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Tagged Banagher, boats, Carrick-on-Shannon, Carrickcraft, green diesel, Ireland, marked fuel trader's licence, marked gas oil, Shannon, waterways
People whom I’ve told where I was going today are barred from this quiz ….
Upstream end
Of which Irish canal is this the upstream end? (The structure is a now-disused eel weir.)
Another h/t to Ewan Duffy for the link to this Galway Independent article about the proposed Dublin to Galway ship canal. I was impressed to note that it covers Edward Watkin‘s late nineteenth century for a Dublin to Galway ship canal, which would save transatlantic steamers from having to go north or south of Ireland when travelling between Britain and America. It was, of course, a completely insane proposal; as some folk pointed out at the time, only Liverpool steamers found Ireland an obstacle and, being capable of 20 knots or so, might actually lose time by having to travel at 3 knots and through locks on a canal instead of steaming north or south about.
Incidentally, the article mentions the Panama Canal, which joins the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. So which ocean is at its western end?
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Tagged boats, canal, Cloncurry, Dublin, Edward Watking, Galway, Ireland, Killaly, lock, Operations, Shannon, ship canal, waterways
Ewan Duffy of IndustrialHeritageIreland and I have both, in recent times, uncovered new information about the history of the Royal Canal after it was taken over by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1845: a period that, because (I think) of the absence of company archives, is not well covered in published histories of the Royal. Ewan today said that he will be posting new material about the stretch from Lock 1 to Lock 5 on 30 March 2013, so watch that space.
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Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Dublin, Ewan Duffy, industrial heritage ireland, Ireland, lock, MGWR, railway, Royal Canal
I wrote here about Simon O’Regan’s passenger-carrying screw steamer tried on the Grand Canal in Dublin in 1850. I am grateful to John Ditchfield for pointing me to an article about what happened next: steam trials on the Newry Canal in 1850, but this time with a lumber (freight) boat.
I would welcome more information about Simon O’Regan or about the use of steam power on the Newry Canal.
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… “He is no better, he is much the same”, as the late poet laureate so well put it. Fuel supply on the Shannon is perhaps of less significance than the illness of one so elevated as a Prince of Wales (despite the Athlone connection), but “much the same” describes the list of holders of marked fuel [green diesel] traders’ licences: I see no change on the latest list.
Just in from Waterways Ireland.
Waterways Ireland will begin enforcement of the mooring Bye-Laws on the Barrow Navigation, Grand Canal and Royal Canal on the 19th March 2013. A Marine Notice will be issued on the 19th March to this effect.
The enforcement process will begin with non-permitted, sunken and abandoned boats already on the system. The first step in the process is notification. Continued non-compliance with the Bye-laws may result in the craft being removed from the navigation and stored at the owners cost.
A one year permit for passage and 5 day mooring costs €126. A year-long mooring permit for a single location costs €152. For boats already on the canal system, both permits must be applied for in advance of the 19th March 2013 and be on display on the boat by the 31st March 2013.
New boats visiting the Grand Canal, Royal Canal or Barrow Navigation for longer than 1 month may apply for the CMP in advance of arrival on the system and must apply for the Extended Mooring Permit as soon as they plan to remain for longer than five days in a single location.
The application process is simple using a form that can be downloaded from www.waterwaysireland.org or sent out by post from Waterways Ireland Tullamore (Tel no 057 9352300).
Waterways Ireland has extended the number of Authorised Officers, who under the Bye-laws have the authority to undertake enforcement.
More information is available from Shane Anderson, Assistant Inspector of Navigation: Tel no +353 (0)87 286 5726, Email shane.anderson@waterwaysireland.org .
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Tagged authorised officer, Barrow, boats, canal, CMP, EMP, enforcement, Grand Canal, Ireland, Operations, permit, Royal Canal, Shane Anderson, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland
L & M Keating at work here.
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Tagged boats, canal, Dublin, Grand Canal, Ireland, L & M Keating, Operations, quay, vessels, water level, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat
Irish waterways history