Tag Archives: workboat

The Erne to Lough Oughter

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2011 | Leave a comment

How they got the dredgers past the distillery in 1857. No pics, alas, but it’s worth using the links to the OSI maps.

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

Tagged Athassel, Ballinamore and Ballyconnell Canal, barge, Belturbet, boats, bridge, canal, Clones, drainage, dredger, Erne, floods, Gowna, Grand Canal, Ireland, lost, Lough Oughter, Mulvany, Operations, Portlaw, scow. pump, Shannon, Shannon–Erne Waterway, vessels, water level, waterways, weir, workboat

Old photos of Parteen Villa Weir and barges

Posted on Thursday 3 February 2011 | Leave a comment

Thanks to Sam and Brian Grubb, I have been able to put up some photos, taken in 1930, of Parteen Villa Weir. The scanning of the photos was done at such high resolution that it is possible to see several vessels moored in the headrace below the weir.

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Posted in Ashore, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations

Tagged 1930, Ardnacrusha, barge, boats, canal, Castleconnell, Clare, ESB, Grubb, Ireland, Killaloe, Limerick, lock, Lough Derg, Montpelier, O'Briensbridge, Operations, Parteen Villa Weir, Shannon, vessels, waterways, weir, workboat

Old boats

Posted on Thursday 6 January 2011 | Leave a comment

I’ve set up a new page on which I intend to collect pics showing older Irish inland (and estuarial) working boats. I’ve started it off with a copy of the posting (below) about Portobello and a photo of a yawl at Clonmel; this is a page that will have material added as I come across it.

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

Tagged barge, boats, bridge, canal, canal boat, Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Grand Canal, horse-drawn, Ireland, lighter, Operations, Portobello, Shannon, Suir, vessels, workboat, yawl

Ephemera 7

Posted on Thursday 30 December 2010 | Leave a comment

The view from Dromod 30 December 2010.

Dromod

The Swiss Army Knife is no longer sprawling across the canal above Noggus Bridge on the Grand: it’s parked in the middle of the canal, closer to the bridge.

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Posted in Ashore, Extant waterways, Irish waterways general, Operations, Scenery, Weather

Tagged boats, Boderg, Bofin, bridge, canal, Dromod, Grand Canal, harbour, ice, Ireland, Noggus Bridge, Shannon, Swiss Army knife, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Ephemera 2

Posted on Sunday 12 December 2010 | Leave a comment

Work in progress on the new moorings above the bridge in Killaloe.

WIP Killaloe 12 December 2010

Below the bridge, the downstream end of the canal has been blocked by a fallen tree. The ESB boats (62M and the tug) have been moved to the dockyard side (I don’t know whether that has anything to do with the blockage) and the path down the side of the marble mill has been blocked by a locked gate. It is climbable, but being burdened I did not attempt it.

Killaloe canal blocked

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Posted in Ashore, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, Weather

Tagged 62M, blocked, boats, bridge, canal, Clare, fallen tree, Grand Canal, Ireland, jetties, Killaloe, Lough Derg, moorings, Operations, piling, Shannon, tug, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

The Swiss Army stop plank

Posted on Saturday 11 December 2010 | 1 comment

Photographed 11 December 2010 from Noggus Bridge (N62) on the Grand Canal, south of Ferbane. As the Swiss Army Knife has been parked there for some time, I presume its function is to block boat access to Shannon Harbour while work is under way there. But wouldn’t some planks, or a couple of padlocks at Lock 32, have been cheaper?

Swiss Army stop plank

If it is parked there for some other reason, I would be glad to know of it.

Posted in Ashore, Extant waterways, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Weather

Tagged boats, bridge, canal, Grand Canal, Ireland, lock, Noggus Bridge, Operations, stop plank, Swiss Army knife, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat

Killaloe to Limerick Docks via Ardnacrusha

Posted on Wednesday 8 December 2010 | Leave a comment

Join the ex-Grand Canal Company motor-barge 68M on its trip from Killaloe to Limerick Docks, carrying barrels of stout for Dolan’s Pub. The trip marked two occasions: Arthur’s Day, the annual Guinness marketing opportunity, and the fiftieth anniversary of the last commercial cargo on the Grand Canal and the Shannon, which was a shipment of stout to Limerick.

This page provides a slide-show of 300 photos taken from 68M on its journey. If you can’t make the trip in person, do it this way.

Note that the page takes some time to load. And, even clicking through pretty fast, the show is likely to take at least ten minutes.

Click on the first photo to bring up the controls. If you have any problems with it, leave a Comment to let me know. I haven’t done this before. I may not be able to fix any problems, but I can at least look into them.

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Posted in Ashore, Charles Wye Williams, Economic activities, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, Scenery, shannon estuary, Steamers, The turf trade, Weather

Tagged Ardnacrusha, bic, boats, bridge, canal, Castleconnell, Clare, Coonagh, Curraghgour, Curragour, docks, ESB, floods, flow, Grand Canal, Guinness, Ireland, jetties, Killaloe, Limerick, lock, Lough Derg, Montpelier, O'Briensbridge, Operations, Parteen Villa Weir, Plassey, Sarsfield Lock, Shannon, vessels, water level, waterways, Waterways Ireland, weir, workboat

Minor updates

Posted on Thursday 5 August 2010 | Leave a comment

I’ve made some additions to three pages:

Several people have very kindly sent me photos of boats I hadn’t seen or photographed myself; I’m grateful to them and always happy to hear from people who can help to fill the gaps.

I have more updates to make, including many, many sailing-boats and some nice wooden boats.

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Posted in Extant waterways, Irish inland waterways vessels, Water sports activities

Tagged African Queen, Berky, boats, Carrybridge, cattle ferry, Erne, Ireland, Killaloe, Lough Derg, Operations, pontoon, Portumna, Shannon, Shannon Princess, Spirit of Lough Derg, Swiss Army Knofe, Travel Blue, vessels, waterways, Waterways Ireland, WB2, weed, workboat

Knock knock …

Posted on Thursday 6 May 2010 | Leave a comment

Knock in Co Mayo is well known, having its own airport; Knock in Co Clare is less well known, though it has its own port. Here is a short account of its history, with some photographs, but more information would be welcome.

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Posted in Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Scenery, shannon estuary, Uncategorized

Tagged bark yard, boats, Clare, Clonderlaw, corn, harbour, Ireland, Kilrush, Knock, Limerick, Operations, pier, police barracks, quay, sea-manure, Shannon, shannon estuary, waterways, workboat

Additions

Posted on Tuesday 4 May 2010 | Leave a comment

Material has been added today to the pages on

non-WI workboats
traditional boats and replicas
Waterways Ireland workboats
Irish waterway bogs.

See links to the right.

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Posted in Extant waterways, Irish inland waterways vessels, Irish waterways general, Operations, Scenery, shannon estuary, The fishing trade, Uncategorized

Tagged Barrow, boats, canal, Cashen, Castleconnell, gandalow, Inishee, Ireland, Killaloe, Limerick, loo, O'Briensbridge, Operations, Shannon, Spirit of Lough Derg, Suir, turf, waterways, Waterways Ireland, workboat