Tag Archives: Clare

Killaloe

Posted on Thursday 21 April 2011 | Leave a comment

The installation of the new pontoon, the flood control gates (flash lock) and the walkway continues apace.

Walkway (left) and pontoon from the lockhouse

The lower (nearer) section of pontoon may be for the lakeboat hire business

Boats mooring on the lower end of the pontoon, and turning to approach upstream, may get quite close to the bridge. The navigation markers may confuse too: perhaps they’ll be relocated.

The flood control gates (flash lock?)

From upstream (and uphill)

It all looks very nice. There are lots of people working on site.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Restoration and rebuilding, Tourism, Water sports activities, Waterways management

Tagged Ballina, boats, bridge, canal, Clare, flow, Ireland, jetties, Killaloe, L & M Keating, lock, Lough Derg, moorings, pontoon, Shannon, vessels, walkway, water level, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Killaloe collision

Posted on Sunday 3 April 2011 | Leave a comment

The Irish Times reports that six people and a dog were rescued from a cruiser after it hit Killaloe Bridge. The cruiser was found to be taking in water. Killaloe Coast Guard report here, with photo of the Emerald Star cruiser being beached at Ballyvalley to stop it from sinking.

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Posted in Ashore, Extant waterways, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Tourism, Water sports activities

Tagged boats, bridge, Clare, Coast Guard, coastguard, collision, dog, Emerald Star, Ireland, Killaloe, Lough Derg, Operations, rescue, Shannon, vessels, Waterways Ireland

Not at all boring

Posted on Friday 1 April 2011 | Leave a comment

A Shannon Commissioners quay that is not at all boring. Shipbuilding,
barges, mud: what’s not to like?

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Charles Wye Williams, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, People, Restoration and rebuilding, shannon estuary, Steamers, The cattle trade, Waterways management

Tagged barge, Bindon Scott, boats, Cahercon, Cahiracon, Cahircon, Clare, explosive, famine, Fergus, harbormaster, Ireland, jetties, Kildysart, Limerick, Matrisha, Mudge, Operations, quay, sea-manure, Shannon, steel, turf, vessels, waterways, Whelan

Shannon hooker

Posted on Wednesday 23 March 2011 | Leave a comment

No, not a rugby player, but a replica of one of the Shannon estuary workboats — the Massey Fergusons of their day — that carried turf towards Limerick and limestone back, as well as anything else that needed shifting further, or in larger quantities, than the canoes could manage.

The boat is being built at Querrin; see this article in the Irish Times.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, shannon estuary, The turf trade

Tagged boats, canoe, Clare, currach, Dixie Collins, Fergus, hooker, Ireland, jetties, Kerry, Limerick, limestone, Operations, quay, Querrin, Shannon, turf, vessels, waterways, workboat

Who built the quay at Kildysart?

Posted on Monday 21 March 2011 | Leave a comment

The Shannon Commissioners didn’t, but who did? Read about it here. Topics covered include a quad bike, a gandalow and a mausoleum.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Operations, shannon estuary, Steamers, The cattle trade, Waterways management

Tagged Aughinish, Bindon Scott, boats, Cahircon, causeway, channel, Clare, Darina Tully, Fergus, ferry, ford, gandalow, Inishcorker, Ireland, jetties, Kildysart, Kildysert, Killadysart, Killadysert, Limerick, mausoleum, Operations, pontoon, quad bike, quay, Shannon, Shannon Commissioners, turf, waterways, workboat

Crovraghan continuity

Posted on Saturday 19 March 2011 | 1 comment

The cattle-carrying lighters and other interesting boats at Crovraghan.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Scenery, shannon estuary, The cattle trade

Tagged boats, cattle, Clare, Crovraghan, Darina Tully, Fergus, ferry, gandalow, gandelow, ganlo, Illaunbeg, Ireland, islands, lighter, Operations, Paradise, Shannon, Shannon cot, T R Henn, vessels, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Rosscliff

Posted on Friday 18 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Rosscliff is a cattle port on the Fergus estuary. It is not clear whether this is the location of the quay referred to by Lewis and the Parliamentary Gazetteer in their entries for Ballinacally (Ballynacally).

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Tagged Ballinacally, Ballynacally, boats, carvel, cattle, Clare, clinker, creek, Darina Tully, Deer Island, Fergus, ferry, gandalo, gandalow, gandelow, ganlo, Ireland, jetties, lighter, mud, Operations, Paradise, quay, Shannon, vessels, workboat, yawl

Intricate channels and interesting boats

Posted on Wednesday 9 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Another of the quays on the west side of the Fergus estuary: Lackannashinnagh, near Killadysert (Kildysert).

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Tagged Admiralty, Aughinish, Bianconi, boats, Clare, Clyde Puffer, county council, Crovraghan, Darina Tully, Fergus, Foynes, gandelow, heritage, Inishcorker, Ireland, James Wolfe, jetties, Kildysert, Killadysert, Lackannashinnagh, Limerick, Operations, Plautus. Shamrock, quay, sailing directions, Shannon, Turk, vessels, waterways, workboat

Up the creek

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2011 | Leave a comment

Ballycorick Bridge is north of Ballynacally, on the western side of the Fergus estuary in Co Clare. There is a small quay just below the bridge; Samuel Lewis mentioned the trade to that quay in 1837, and it stayed in use until the 1950s.

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