Tag Archives: Operations

Project boat available

Posted on Saturday 23 February 2013 | 1 comment

Suitable for conversion to comfortable houseboat. Needs work. Houseboat moorings now available at Shannon Harbour.

Posted in Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged houseboat, Ireland, Operations, Russian, Shannon, Shannon Harbour, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland

The Dublin to Galway ship canal

Posted on Friday 22 February 2013 | Leave a comment

Another h/t to Ewan Duffy for the link to this Galway Independent article about the proposed Dublin to Galway ship canal. I was impressed to note that it covers Edward Watkin‘s late nineteenth century for a Dublin to Galway ship canal, which would save transatlantic steamers from having to go north or south of Ireland when travelling between Britain and America. It was, of course, a completely insane proposal; as some folk pointed out at the time, only Liverpool steamers found Ireland an obstacle and, being capable of 20 knots or so, might actually lose time by having to travel at 3 knots and through locks on a canal instead of steaming north or south about.

Incidentally, the article mentions the Panama Canal, which joins the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. So which ocean is at its western end?

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Non-waterway, Operations, People, Rail, Shannon, Sources, Steamers, waterways

Tagged boats, canal, Cloncurry, Dublin, Edward Watking, Galway, Ireland, Killaly, lock, Operations, Shannon, ship canal, waterways

Dargan, O’Regan, steam and the Newry Canal

Posted on Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Leave a comment

I wrote here about Simon O’Regan’s passenger-carrying screw steamer tried on the Grand Canal in Dublin in 1850. I am grateful to John Ditchfield for pointing me to an article about what happened next: steam trials on the Newry Canal in 1850, but this time with a lumber (freight) boat.

I would welcome more information about Simon O’Regan or about the use of steam power on the Newry Canal.

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Posted in Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Rail, Restoration and rebuilding, Sources, Steamers, Ulster Canal, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged barge, belfast, boats, bridge, canal, carrying, Clones, Erne, funnel, Grand Canal, Ireland, lighter, Lisburn, Liverpool, lock, Lough Erne, Lough Neagh, lumber-boat, McCutcheon, Moyallon, Newry, Newry Canal, Operations, passage boat, Portadown, Quaker, railway, screw, Simon O'Regan, steamer, Ulster Canal, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, William Dargan

Be very afraid ….

Posted on Tuesday 19 February 2013 | 2 comments

Just in from Waterways Ireland.

Waterways Ireland to Begin Enforcement of Mooring Bye-laws on Grand & Royal Canal and Barrow Navigation

Waterways Ireland will begin enforcement of the mooring Bye-Laws on the Barrow Navigation, Grand Canal and Royal Canal on the 19^th March 2013. A Marine Notice will be issued on the 19^th March to this effect.

The enforcement process will begin with non-permitted, sunken and abandoned boats already on the system. The first step in the process is notification. Continued non-compliance with the Bye-laws may result in the craft being removed from the navigation and stored at the owners cost.

A one year permit for passage and 5 day mooring costs €126. A year-long mooring permit for a single location costs €152. For boats already on the canal system, both permits must be applied for in advance of the 19th March 2013 and be on display on the boat by the 31^st March 2013.

New boats visiting the Grand Canal, Royal Canal or Barrow Navigation for longer than 1 month may apply for the CMP in advance of arrival on the system and must apply for the Extended Mooring Permit as soon as they plan to remain for longer than five days in a single location.

The application process is simple using a form that can be downloaded from www.waterwaysireland.org or sent out by post from Waterways Ireland Tullamore (Tel no 057 9352300).

Waterways Ireland has extended the number of Authorised Officers, who under the Bye-laws have the authority to undertake enforcement.

More information is available from Shane Anderson, Assistant Inspector of Navigation: Tel no +353 (0)87 286 5726, Email shane.anderson@waterwaysireland.org .

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Sources, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged authorised officer, Barrow, boats, canal, CMP, EMP, enforcement, Grand Canal, Ireland, Operations, permit, Royal Canal, Shane Anderson, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Grand Canal Dock improvements

Posted on Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Leave a comment

L & M Keating at work here.

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Posted in Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, People, Restoration and rebuilding, Sources, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged boats, canal, Dublin, Grand Canal, Ireland, L & M Keating, Operations, quay, vessels, water level, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Clones

Posted on Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Leave a comment

From the Clones Regeneration Partnership Ltd website:

PROJECT OFFICER » Unfortunately the Clones Regeneration Partnership Canal Officer post has come to an end ….

Though I disagreed with the case put forward by Gerry Darby, I am sorry to hear of his departure. My main criticisms of the Clones Sheugh proposal are directed at the Irish government.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Non-waterway, Operations, People, Politics, Restoration and rebuilding, Ulster Canal, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged canal, Clones, department of arts heritage and the gaeltacht, Department of Community Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Erne, Gerry Darby, Ireland, Lough Neagh, Operations, Ulster Canal, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Simon O’Regan -v- John Inshaw

Posted on Monday 18 February 2013 | Leave a comment

Did Simon O’Regan attempt to preempt John Inshaw? Here is a page about O’Regan’s single-screw passenger steamer, demonstrated at Portobello on the Grand Canal in Dublin in 1850.

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Posted in Charles Wye Williams, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, People, Politics, Rail, Sources, Steamers, waterways

Tagged belfast, boats, boiler, canal, Dublin, Firefly, fly-boat, Grand Canal, Grand Canal Company, Ireland, John Erickson, John Inshaw, Liverpool, lock, Newcastle, Operations, passage boat, screw, Shannon, Simon O'Regan, steam engine, steamer, swift boat, vessels, waterways, William Dargan

Wexford

Posted on Monday 18 February 2013 | 2 comments

Here is a great account of the development of Wexford Harbour, with a history of its shipping here.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Charles Wye Williams, Drainage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Natural heritage, Non-waterway, Operations, People, Politics, Rail, Scenery, Sources, Steamers, The fishing trade, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged Bargy, boats, bridge, Caarnsore, Forth, Ireland, Operations, Slaney, waterways, Wexford

All this excitement …

Posted on Saturday 16 February 2013 | Leave a comment

… can’t be good for me.

Last week Their Excellencies the Revenue Commissioners published two versions of their list of holders of marked fuel trader’s licences, the second [.xls] dated St Valentine’s Day. I was so excited I almost spilt my Ovaltine.

And what’s more, there are now two more candidates for haloes and wings. Step forward Emerald Star Portumna and Carrick-on-Shannon, becoming the fourth and fifth members of the Elect and lengthening the stretch of the Shannon where green diesel can legally be sold. No sign of anyone in Belturbet, though, and I can think of a couple of other places on the Shannon where it would be nice to be able to buy diesel, but we don’t want too much excitement all at once.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Ireland, Operations, Politics, Shannon

Tagged boats, Carrick-on-Shannon, Emerald Star, green diesel, Ireland, marked fuel trader's licence, Operations, Portumna, Shannon, vessels, waterways