Tag Archives: OPW

OPW on the Shannon Estuary

Posted on Tuesday 19 July 2011 | Leave a comment

A brief note on the navigational interests of the Office of Public Works on the Shannon Estuary.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Operations, Restoration and rebuilding, shannon estuary, Steamers, The turf trade, waterways, Waterways management

Tagged Adare, Ballylongford, Board of Works, bridge, Ireland, jetties, Kerry, Limerick, lost, Maigue, navigation authority, Office of Public Works, Operations, OPW, quay, Saleen, Shannon, turf, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Saving the banks

Posted on Sunday 27 February 2011 | Leave a comment

The banks, the Fergus and the lost island of Islandavanna.

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Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Non-waterway, Operations, People, Restoration and rebuilding, Scenery, shannon estuary

Tagged alluvium, arterial drainage, Ballycorick, Clare, corcass, Dáil, ditch, drainage, Drumquin, dyke, embankment, estuary, Fergus, flood, Ireland, Islandavanna, land, Limerick, lost, Office of Public Works, Operations, OPW, reclamation, sea-wall, Shannon, sluice, water level

A medieval priory and its lessons for Irish waterways history

Posted on Monday 7 February 2011 | Leave a comment

See The Stones of Athassel here.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, Scenery

Tagged Athassel, Augustinian, boats, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Cashel, Clonmel, Dundry, floods, Golden, Ireland, lost, Margaret Quinlan, Office of Public Works, Operations, OPW, priory, Suir, Tipperary, vessels, water level, waterways

Clondra Lock

Posted on Monday 27 December 2010 | Leave a comment

The lock at Clondra may be the only one on the Shannon that is in the same place, and doing the same job, since the days of the Commissioners of Inland Navigation in the middle of the eighteenth century. The lock itself has been refurbished several times, and in recent years the lock furniture has been altered to make it impossible for boaters to work their own boats through it. But it has a very interesting collection of gear and it is well worth using, even if you’re not going to the Royal Canal at Richmond Harbour.

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Tagged Alcuin, Board of Works, boats, bridge, Camlin, canal, Clondara, Clondra, Cloondara, Cloondra, Commissioners for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon, Commissioners of Inland Navigation, Dúchas, Directors General of Inland Navigation, hydraulic, Ireland, lock, lock gear, Longford, Operations, OPW, quay, rack, Richmond Harbour, Royal Canal, Ruth Delany, Shannon, Shannon Commissioners, Tarmonbarry, vessels, water level, waterways, Waterways Ireland, weir