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Guinness Liffey quay 1902

Posted on Monday 2 July 2012 | Leave a comment

A photo and some info here,

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Tagged boats, Dublin, fifth lock, filter bed, Grand Canal, Guinness, Ireland, Liffey, Operations, quay, steam barge, waterways, workboat

Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang

Posted on Sunday 10 June 2012 | 1 comment

The old Limerick Navigation included a section of canal at Killaloe, with three locks. The uppermost, now disused, is still visible at Killaloe; the middle lock (Moys) is accessible by small boat; the third (Cussaun) is under water in the Flooded Area created by Parteen Villa Weir. The wall that divided the canal from the river downstream of Killaloe bridge forms an island whereon are the former eel-packing station run by the ESB, the former goods store (inhabited by Waterways Ireland) and the former marble mill (now an ESB engineering works). The island hosts the Killaloe market on Sunday mornings.

The curious can (obstructions permitting) walk a little further downstream to where the wall was breached, allowing boats to access the canal below the bridge without having to go as far as Moys Lock.

An obstruction

A section of the canal below the bridge in Killaloe ~1900 (OSI)

The west side of the canal, below the slip, was lined with trees.

The trees

May 2008

November 2008

November 2008, with homemade boat shelter

The trees behind the marble mill: seen from the far side of the river in December 2009

August 2010

A fallen tree blocks the canal in December 2010

April 2011

November 2011

Waterways Ireland Marine Notice 86 of 2011

MARINE NOTICE No. 86 of 2011
Shannon Navigation
Lough Derg
Killaloe Canal

Canal Maintenance – Tree Cutting

Waterways Ireland wishes to advise all masters and owners of vessels that tree cutting will take place along the Killaloe Canal banks from the vicinity of the cathedral downstream to the lower entrance from the river
Shannon, from Monday 19th Sep until about mid Oct.

Access to this section of the canal will be closed during this period. […]

Marine Notice 24/2012 of 16 March 2012 said

Works are still ongoing along the Killaloe Canal banks from the vicinity of the Cathedral downstream to the lower entrance from the river Shannon.

Access to this section of the canal will be closed until further notice.

That notice has not (as of 10 June 2012) been withdrawn so it must be assumed that the works continue.

Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?

The works photographed on 10 June 2012.

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Tagged bridge, canal, Clare, ESB, Ireland, Killaloe, Limerick, lock, lost, Lough Derg, marble mill, Operations, quay, Shannon, trees, Waterways Ireland

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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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

Competition closed

Posted on Friday 30 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Nobody has attempted to identify this quay, so the competition is now closed and I’ll drink the sherry myself.

It is, of course, the downstream quay at Clarecastle at the head of the Fergus Navigation.

Clarecastle downstream

Here is the upstream quay, just around the corner.

Clarecastle upstream

The upstream quay bears the following inscription.

Inscription at Clarecastle

I really must return and get a better photo when it’s less slippy. Note that, although this is on tidal waters, Thomas Rhodes was the engineer.

Did you know that Clarecastle still has its own port authority? Go to this excellent pub and ask John Power about it. His brother (Dr Joe) wrote the definitive history of Clarecastle. John has lots of interesting old photos and maps on display in a really good traditional pub. He’s got a facetweet thingie too.

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Tagged boats, Clarecastle, Commissioners, estuary, Fergus, Ireland, Operations, quay, Shannon, Thomas Rhodes, vessels, Waterways Ireland

Quay

Posted on Wednesday 21 March 2012 | 3 comments

A quay on a tributary of the Shannon, with reeds in the foreground.

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Tagged Ireland, quay, Shannon, waterways

Thomas Omer in Athlone

Posted on Friday 16 March 2012 | Leave a comment

Here is a new page showing the route of the old canal in Athlone, which was used before the Shannon Commissioners built the new lock, weir and bridge in the 1840s. The canal is easily accessible along most of its route, although some explanatory signs might be useful to call attention to notable features.

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Tagged Athlone, boats, bridge, canal, Ireland, lock, lost, quay, Shannon, Thomas Omer, vessels, waterways, weir

Clever chaps in Youghal

Posted on Wednesday 14 March 2012 | Leave a comment

No, not the one in Cork: the one in North Tipperary.

Youghal Quay ~1900

Youghal Quay and Bay ~1900

Formerly used for landing turf from the west side of Lough Derg, Youghal Quay is now a swimming area.

Ladder and diving board. Note the barrier at the landward end

The business end of the barrier

The other side supports a seat

Nice idea.

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Tagged boats, Ireland, Lough Derg, North Tipperary, quay, Shannon, swimming, turf, waterways, Youghal

Shannon 1 design

Posted on Tuesday 13 March 2012 | Leave a comment

If you don’t like hanging around airports, Shannon offers you a choice: you can go and look at the estuary instead, which is much more interesting.

Shannon Foynes Port Company workboat Shannon 1 passing Shannon Airport; Ringmoylan Pier in the background

Shannon 1, the successor to Curraghgour II, is a Damen MultiCat.

Shannon Foynes Port Company has updated its website.

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Tagged Curraghgour II, Ireland, Limerick, Operations, quay, Rineanna, Ringmoylan, Shannon, Shannon 1, Shannon Airport, Shannon Foynes Port Company, vessels, waterways, workboat

Tullamore

Posted on Tuesday 28 February 2012 | 2 comments

The Offaly Express has a story about a new Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre, which includes this information:

As part of a wider redevelopment of the area by Tullamore Town Council, visitors will approach the new Centre along a canal-side boardwalk from which they enter a reclaimed and renovated vintage barge which will house the ticket office and a presentation on the local history of the canal produced in association with Waterways Ireland.

Always pleased to see barges being used, of course, but I’d like to know where it will be parked and how that will affect the usable width of the canal. I’m sure that was considered at planning stage, but I can’t find any documents on the ePlanning system so I’d welcome enlightenment from anyone who knows.

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Tagged boats, canal, Dew, Grand Canal, Grant, Ireland, quay, Tullamore, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, whiskey

Killaloe bridge

Posted on Wednesday 8 February 2012 | Leave a comment

More on the new bridge here with the full public notice here [PDF]. Interesting to see how many of the names of landowners are known to me.

I see on page 6 of the notice that the ESB owns two rivers, which are occupied by the ESB, Waterways Ireland, the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland and other unknown persons. There is a canal, whose owners are unknown, which is occupied by WI, IWAI and the persons unknown, as is an island. I do hope that the council will return the canal, rivers and island when they’ve built the bridge.

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Tagged Ballina, boats, bridge, canal, Clare, ESB, Fort Henry, Ireland, island, Killaloe, Limerick, lock, Moys, quay, road, Shannon, Shantraud, Tipperary, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland

Tag Archives: quay

Guinness Liffey quay 1902

Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang

The trees

Waterways Ireland Marine Notice 86 of 2011

Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?

The surprising importance of the Shannon steamers in the 1830s

Competition closed

Quay

Thomas Omer in Athlone

Clever chaps in Youghal

Shannon 1 design

Tullamore

Killaloe bridge

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