Tag Archives: boats

Hey, Brendan …

Posted on Tuesday 6 March 2012 | 1 comment

… once you’ve recruited the staff for your new government economic and evaluation service, could you send a few of them round to the DAHG to examine the Clones Canal proposal?

Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Operations, Politics, Restoration and rebuilding, Ulster Canal, waterways

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Clones, Erne, Ireland, lock, lost, Lough Neagh, Ulster Canal, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Most popular waterway

Posted on Tuesday 6 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Ballynatray House ...

The waterway page that has received most visits since this website was set up is that covering the Bride, the Munster Blackwater and the Lismore Canal.

... and boathouse on the Blackwater

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Scenery, Tourism, waterways

Tagged Ballynatray, Blackwater, boats, Bride, Cappoquin, Ireland, Lismore, Munster, waterways, Youghal

Date

Posted on Friday 2 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Killaloe & Ballina are having one of Waterways Ireland’s Discover Days on Sunday 29 April 2012.

Includes “visitor attractions, water activities, arts and crafts, face painting, live music, a historical walking tour, boat trips and other land and water activities”.

More info as it becomes available.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Charles Wye Williams, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, People, Politics, Scenery, Shannon, Sources, Steamers, The cattle trade, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, ESB, Ireland, Killaloe, lock, Operations, Shannon, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Long-term serviced moorings at Shannon Harbour

Posted on Thursday 1 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Request submitted to Waterways Ireland:

I would be grateful if you could tell me how many bids you received for these moorings, how many you accepted and what the lowest and highest accepted bids were.

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

Tagged boats, canal, Grand Canal, houseboat, IRBOA, Ireland, moorings, residential, Shannon, Shannon Harbour, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Internet search engine

Posted on Thursday 1 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Grand Canal docks, Dublin

Salthouse Dock, Liverpool

Lock 3 Skelan, Shannon–Erne Waterway

Maybe they‘ll give me loads of money for this ….

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Scenery, Tourism, waterways

Tagged boats, canal, Dublin, duckduckgo, DUKW, Grand Canal, Ireland, Liverpool, lock, Salthouse, Shannon-Erne Waterway, Skelan

Inland waterways traffic 2

Posted on Thursday 1 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Thames Clipper, London

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Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Operations, Tourism

Tagged boats, clipper, ferry, London, Thames, vessels, waterways, workboat

Prothero, German sausages and another Irish inland navigation authority

Posted on Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Leave a comment

All is explained here.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Natural heritage, Operations, People, Scenery, Sources, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management, Weather

Tagged boats, F E Prothero, German butcher, Ireland, Killarney, lake, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Prothero, vessels, waterways

Prothero on the Munster Blackwater

Posted on Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Leave a comment

The road bridge in Cappoquin

The redoubtable F E Prothero, Rear-Commodore of the Cruising Club, wrote just over three pages about the Blackwater, from Kanturk down to the sea, in A New Oarsman’s Guide to the Rivers and Canals of Great Britain and Ireland edited by F E Prothero and W A Clark and published by George Philip and Son, London, in 1896, as a Cruising Club Manual.

Here is a PDF of the relevant pages. I have also put a link to the PDF on my page about the Blackwater, Bride and Lismore Canal.

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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, Irish waterways general, Natural heritage, People, Scenery, Sources, Steamers, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management, Weather

Tagged Blackwater, boats, Bride, bridge, canal, Cappoquin, F E Prothero, Ireland, Lismore, lost, M V Maeve, Tony Galagher, vessels, waterways, Youghal

Up the Barrow

Posted on Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Leave a comment

A new study from WI and others is mentioned here. It doesn’t seem to be available on the WI website yet, but I haven’t yet finished reading the Erne and Lough Ree/Mid-Shannon studies that are available on the same page.

I might disagree with some of the conclusions of some of these studies, but I very much welcome the fact that they are being done and that WI is developing and promoting the waterways “product”. If only I could convince it not to waste money on the Clones Canal ….

Update: WI have a press release up, with a photo of a chap who has come out in a very fetching garment.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Natural heritage, Non-waterway, Operations, People, Restoration and rebuilding, Scenery, Sources, Suir, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged Barrow, boats, bridge, canal, Carrick-on-Suir, floods, flow, Grand Canal, Ireland, jetties, lock, vessels, water level, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Tullamore

Posted on Tuesday 28 February 2012 | 2 comments

The Offaly Express has a story about a new Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre, which includes this information:

As part of a wider redevelopment of the area by Tullamore Town Council, visitors will approach the new Centre along a canal-side boardwalk from which they enter a reclaimed and renovated vintage barge which will house the ticket office and a presentation on the local history of the canal produced in association with Waterways Ireland.

Always pleased to see barges being used, of course, but I’d like to know where it will be parked and how that will affect the usable width of the canal. I’m sure that was considered at planning stage, but I can’t find any documents on the ePlanning system so I’d welcome enlightenment from anyone who knows.

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Non-waterway, Restoration and rebuilding, Tourism, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, canal, Dew, Grand Canal, Grant, Ireland, quay, Tullamore, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, whiskey