Tag Archives: waterways

Wooden boats

Posted on Thursday 23 April 2009 | Leave a comment

I’ve moved my photos of wooden boats on Irish inland waterways from pbase.com to here, with a few extra photos added.

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Posted in Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general

Tagged boats, Grand Canal, Ireland, Ireland canals Grand Royal, Shannon, vessels, waterways

The Maigue

Posted on Monday 20 April 2009 | Leave a comment

I’ve put up some photos of this short river navigation, one of the earliest to be tackled in Ireland. It may still be navigable, certainly by small boats and perhaps by something larger. I understand however that the entrance from the Shannon Estuary is tricky and requires local knowledge.

There is a bit of a mystery about the quay in Adare. A stretch of canal has disappeared and the bridge at Ferrybridge has lost its opening arch. But there are still things to see ….

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Posted in Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general

Tagged canal, Ireland, lost, Shannon, turf, waterways

Waterways Ireland workboats

Posted on Sunday 19 April 2009 | Leave a comment

Just as a change from all the pages about lost waterways, I’ve put up a page of photos of Waterways Ireland workboats.

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

Tagged Apollo Duck, Barrow, boats, canal, Coill-an-Eo, Ferrinch, Fox, Grand Canal, Ireland, Operations, Shannon, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, WB2

Monasterevan revisited

Posted on Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Leave a comment

I’ve added two items to my page about Monasterevan. One is about the ban on Sunday traffic and the other is about how boats got across the Barrow before the aqueduct was built. I’m afraid the items are in the middle of the text ….

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Posted in Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general, Operations

Tagged Barrow, canal, Grand Canal, Monasterevan, Monastereven, Monasterevin, Operations, 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

Back in the USSR

Posted on Monday 13 April 2009 | Leave a comment

I’ve added some photos of Moscow to my page South of Moscow, north of Geneva about the Grand Canal Company’s collieries.

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Posted in Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general, Operations

Tagged canal, coal, Grand Canal, Ireland, lost, Monasterevan, Monastereven, Monasterevin, Mountmellick, Operations, waterways

South of Moscow, north of Geneva

Posted on Saturday 4 April 2009 | Leave a comment

Here’s a new page about some canals that were never built: several proposals for canals to the Grand Canal Company’s collieries in Co Laois.

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Posted in Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general, Operations

Tagged Barrow, canal, coal, Grand Canal, Ireland, Monasterevan, Mountmellick, Operations, waterways

The Lombardstown to Mallow Canal

Posted on Saturday 4 April 2009 | Leave a comment

New page up, linked off the Lost Irish Waterways page.

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Posted in Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general

Tagged canal, coal, Ireland, Lombardstown, Longueville, lost, Mallow, Ockenden, Pallas, waterways

Monasterevan, the Venice of the west

Posted on Thursday 26 March 2009 | Leave a comment

This is a considerably expanded and updated version of an article I wrote years ago, with lots of photos. There are traces of three lost waterways to be seen in Monasterevan (my favoured spelling) and lots of other interesting waterways artefacts as well. There is even an operational puzzle: in the days when boats locked down from the canal to the Barrow, and locked back up on the far side, how were they propelled (and controlled) when crossing the river?

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Posted in Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Irish waterways general, Operations

Tagged Barrow, Bell Harbour, Crow Bridge, Grand Canal, Ireland, Ireland canals Grand Royal, Ireland waterways rockville, lost, Monasterevan, Monastereven, Monasterevin, Mountmellick, Operations, waterways

Dry hurries on Dukart’s Canal

Posted on Wednesday 25 March 2009 | Leave a comment

Dukart’s inclined planes, on the canal from Coalisland to the Drumglass colliery, are known as dry hurries. It may be that the term derives from coal-mining; I’ve published some extracts from Richard Griffin’s 1814 report on the Leinster coalfield.

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Posted in Forgotten navigations, Operations

Tagged canal, coal, coalisland, dukart, Ireland, lost, tyrone, waterways