Tag Archives: Grand Canal

Nomit Cire

Posted on Tuesday 19 June 2012 | 3 comments

Posted in Ireland, People, waterways

Tagged Eric Timon, Grand Canal, howth, Ireland, Lough Derg, pooka, Shannon

British power

Posted on Friday 15 June 2012 | Leave a comment

The Sunday Business Post [paywall] reports that a British energy firm called SSE plc [formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc], which already owns Airtricity, intends to buy Endesa Ireland. SSE’s press release is here.

Endesa owns the power stations at Tarbert, on the Shannon Estuary, and Great Island, at the junction of the Barrow and Suir estuaries; both are covered on this website. Endesa also owns a power station at Rhode, near the Grand Canal, and one in Co Mayo. It seems that SSE will also acquire options on sites at Lanesborough and Shannonbridge.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish waterways general, shannon estuary, The turf trade, waterways

Tagged Barrow, Endesa, energy, Grand Canal, Great Island, Ireland, power station, Rhode, Shannon, SSE, Suir, Tarbert, turf, waterways

Kildare Nationalist

Posted on Tuesday 29 May 2012 | Leave a comment

Look out for Aoife Barry’s article “Hidden Gems: Local Canal Ways” in the “news from Naas” section of the Kildare Nationalist of 29 May 2012. It’s not yet on the website but should be soon.

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Posted in Built heritage, Economic activities, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Sources, waterways

Tagged Aoife Barry, canal, Grand Canal, Ireland, Kildare, Kildare Nationalist, News from Naas, waterways

Just in case you were wondering …

Posted on Tuesday 29 May 2012 | Leave a comment

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Operations, Waterways management

Tagged branch, bridge, canal, Grand Canal, Ireland, Mountmellick, Waterways Ireland

Grand Canal basin: barriers of various kinds

Posted on Tuesday 29 May 2012 | Leave a comment

The Dublin People has the story.

Don’t those fluorescent colours look disgusting? Enough to give you a headache. Bring back the gas works, say I: at least they could cure whooping cough.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Operations, People, Politics, Restoration and rebuilding, The turf trade, Water sports activities, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Dublin, Grand Canal, Ireland, moorings, Operations, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Grand Canal harbour

Posted on Thursday 10 May 2012 | Leave a comment

The curved building in March 2011 …

… and in May 2012

No sign of any improvement or of anything done to protect the building.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Restoration and rebuilding

Tagged canal, Dublin, Echlin Street, Grand Canal, Grand Canal harbour, Guinness, Ireland

Money

Posted on Tuesday 8 May 2012 | Leave a comment

This Irish Times article might explain why Dublin City Council did not respond to my communication about the condition of the curved building at Grand Canal Harbour.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Politics, waterways

Tagged canal, curved building, Dublin, Grand Canal, harbour, Ireland, main line

“It’s worth a bit of suffering to create some good memories”

Posted on Thursday 26 April 2012 | Leave a comment

… or why taking a boat into Dublin by canal, or to Limerick via Ardnacrusha, is a Good Thing, even if it’s a hassle at the time.

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Posted in Economic activities, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, People, Tourism, Water sports activities, waterways, Weather

Tagged Ardnacrusha, boats, canal, Clare, Dublin, Grand Canal, Ireland, Limerick, Royal Canal, Shannon, waterways

The surprising importance of the Shannon steamers in the 1830s

Posted on Wednesday 25 April 2012 | Leave a comment

A short, lavishly illustrated talk in Killaloe Cathedral, Co Clare, at 6.00pm on Sunday 29 April 2012, as part of the Waterways Ireland Discover Killaloe and Ballina thingie.

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Posted in Built heritage, Charles Wye Williams, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Politics, Rail, Shannon, shannon estuary, Sources, Steamers, The cattle trade, The turf trade, Tourism, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Clare, CoDSPCo, Dublin, estuary, Fergus, Garryowen, Grand Canal, Ireland, jetties, Killaloe, Kilrush, Lady Lansdowne, Limerick, Liverpool, lock, Lough Derg, Montpelier, O'Briensbridge, Operations, quay, Royal Canal, Shannon, turf, vessels, waterways, workboat

The ghost van of Lowtown

Posted on Wednesday 25 April 2012 | 2 comments

Look! There behind the camper van: it’s a white Waterways Ireland van.

Here’s a rear view.

What can this mean? Is it a stealth van? A dancing van? A kinky van? Or is Waterways Ireland changing its corporate image, away from the standard blue vans? Does someone in WI want to be a White Van Man? Or is it because the van is based in Kildare? Why is there a white van in the WI fleet?

Enquiring minds want to know.

Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Ireland, Operations, Waterways management

Tagged Grand Canal, Ireland, Kildare, Lowtown, van, Waterways Ireland, white van man