Tag Archives: Dune

Broharris and Ballykelly

Posted on Thursday 12 October 2017 | 2 comments

I have revised and expanded my page on the Broharris Canal, distinguishing between it and the Ballykelly Canal. However, there are still mysteries, and I will welcome comments from anyone who can cast light on the two subjects.

Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Canals, Drainage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Historical matters, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Rail, Restoration and rebuilding, Sea, Unbuilt canals, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged Ballykelly, Broharris, canal, Derry, Dune, Erne, fishmongers, Foyle, Limavady, Londonderry, Magilligan, navigation, Raphoe, reclamation, Swilly

Irish Times headline

Posted on Friday 6 May 2016 | 1 comment

Plane sailing: Boeing 767 travels up Shannon to new home

Link here (until it disappears behind a paywall).

That should read “… travels up (for certain values of ‘up’) …”.

This follows the IT‘s recent identification of the canal at Allenwood as the Royal Canal.

Ou sont les subeditors de yesteryear?

They’re not working for [HM] Independent, though, which recently produced this wonderful headline:

Beetle Dune: VW’s peon to the Baja bugs of yore will cost from £21,300

Perhaps it’s a comment on working conditions in the Mexican car industry.

Posted in Modern matters, Operations, Sea, shannon estuary

Tagged aerroplane, Dune, Enniscrone, Independent, Irish Times, Mexico, Moneypoint, newspapers, Shannon, shannon estuary, subeditors, Tarbert, VW