Tag Archives: Guinness

The Eglinton Canal in Galway

Posted on Thursday 28 May 2009 | Leave a comment

This short canal, less than a mile long, connected Lough Corrib to the sea at Galway. It had two locks, including a sea lock, five swivelling bridges and a substantial canal basin. It was abandoned in 1954 when the swivelling bridges were replaced by fixed bridges. The last vessel down the canal was the Amo II, a 90′ motor yacht sold by the Guinness trustees to a Galway hotelier. Here is a brief account.

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Posted in Forgotten navigations, Irish inland waterways vessels

Tagged boats, canal, Guinness, Ireland, lost, waterways

More workboats

Posted on Thursday 7 May 2009 | Leave a comment

Here is a very long page showing working boats that are not operated by Waterways Ireland. They include hotel boats, restaurant boats, trip boats, rescue boats, police boats and sand barges.

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Posted in Extant waterways, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations

Tagged barge, Barrow, Blackwater, boats, canal, cattle ferry, community barge, Devenish, dredger, DUKW, Enniskillen, Erne, ESB, Garda, Grand Canal, Guinness, hare krishna, hotel boat, Ireland, Ireland waterways rockville, Killaloe, Lagan, Limerick, Lough Neagh, Monasterevan, Nore, Operations, PSNI, rescue, restaurant boat, RNLI, sand, Shannon, Shannon–Erne Waterway, Suir, theatre barge, trip boat, vessels, waterways, workboat

The abandoned line of the Grand Canal to James’s St Harbour

Posted on Tuesday 5 May 2009 | Leave a comment

I have put up four pages covering the Main Line of the Irish Grand Canal from Suir Road to the original terminus at Grand Canal Harbour, James’s Street. This account covers Guinness and Dublin’s water supply as well as the line of the canal. There are some photos of trams and of the 1′ 10″ gauge Guinness locomotives for Steam Men. Page 1 of 4 is here.

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Posted in Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general, Operations

Tagged Ballinasloe, boats, canal, Carlow, City Basin, Grand Canal, Guinness, harbour, Ireland, James Bond, James's Street, Limerick, lost, LUAS, Marrowbone Lane, Operations, porter, Rupee Bridge, stout, sugar, train, tram, turf, water supply, waterways

A stout fellow

Posted on Tuesday 14 April 2009 | Leave a comment

Uncle Arthur is resting at Ardclough, near the Grand Canal. His brewery is 250 years old this year, but he himself is sadly neglected — and suffering badly from thirst.

In recognition of his major contribution to the development and use of Irish waterways, a small ceremony was held recently at Ardclough, at which he was presented with a bottle of his finest product. This page records the event.

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Posted in Irish waterways general

Tagged canal, Grand Canal, Guinness, Ireland, Limerick, Operations, porter, stout, waterways