There is to be a maritime history conference in Cork next weekend:
Maritime History Conference to take place in University College Cork 28/29 November
Maritime History Conference‘A safe place for ships’: Cork, Ireland, Europe and the Sea
University College CorkFriday, 28 November – Saturday, 29 November
Main Campus: Electrical Engineering BLDG, L-1, UCC
Details here; h/t AD.
Irish waterways history 