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The far end of the Shannon
Apologies to folk who have left Comments or otherwise communicated in recent weeks: I’ve been away, most recently at the far end of the Shannon and at Greenwich. I am now beginning to tackle my...
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Prothero on the Armagh Blackwater and the Ulster Canal
Another extract from F E Prothero and W A Clark eds A New Oarsman’s Guide to the Rivers and Canals of Great Britain and Ireland: Cruising Club Manual, George Philip & Son, London 1896. The lack of...
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Sailing merchant vessels
Niall O’Brien, author of the history of the Blackwater and Bride, has set up a Facebook page about sailing merchant vessels of Ireland and Britain. Many of these used the Irish estuaries — including...
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Prothero on the Munster Blackwater
The road bridge in Cappoquin The redoubtable F E Prothero, Rear-Commodore of the Cruising Club, wrote just over three pages about the Blackwater, from Kanturk down to the sea, in A New Oarsman’s...
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Most popular waterway
Ballynatray House ... The waterway page that has received most visits since this website was set up is that covering the Bride, the Munster Blackwater and the Lismore Canal. ... and boathouse on the...
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Nimmo’s non-existent bridge
Here is an account of the building of the old bridge across the Blackwater at Youghal.Filed under: Ashore, Built heritage, Drainage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways,...
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The Munster Blackwater …
… from water level: an account of a swim down the river.Filed under: Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Ireland, People, Water sports activities, waterways Tagged: Blackwater, Cappoquin, Fermoy,...
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Northern Ireland seeks cutting-edge technology … of the 18th century
IndustrialHeritageIreland reports on two recent outbreaks of cargo cultism in Norn Iron. Folk in Tyrone want the whole of the Ulster Canal to be restored to its, er, former glory, which presumably...
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Lismore to Fermoy
A meeting was held in Fermoy in 1844 to promote a proposal to make the Blackwater navigable from Lismore upstream to Fermoy. Here is the Cork Examiner‘s account of the meeting. Fermoy railway station...
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The Clones Sheugh and other northern waters
Industrial Heritage Ireland has been visiting Ulster waterways including the Blackwater, which linked the Ulster Canal to Lough Neagh. Brian Cassells was quoted again in the Belfast Telegraph on 27...
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The Dublin to Lough Neagh Canal
Here’s another lunatic canal proposal: one I hadn’t come across before. Proposal for making a line of navigation from Dublin to Lough Neagh It is proposed by several noblemen and gentlemen of the...
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The Armagh Canal
Another unbuilt canal mentioned by the indefatigable Mr Atkinson. A proposal for making a canal from the city of Armagh to the river Blackwater, near the town of Moy In order to shew, that carrying...
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Was the Brickey a navigation?
The Brickey is a small river that flows into Dungarvan Bay. Small boats used its lower, tidal reaches, but in the eighteenth century there was a proposal to link the Brickey to the Finisk, another...
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Ballygalane on the Blackwater
The Lismore Canal lock The only lock on the Lismore Canal is at Ballygalane, on the River Blackwater. Here is a new page about the canal, with photos of some of its important features.Filed under:...
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The Purton boat graveyard
If you happen to be driving across southern England and Wales — say from Fishguard or Pembroke to London — and you want a break, you could turn off the M4 or M48 and drive to the Purton ships’...
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William Ockenden has been described as a Dutch engineer who worked on three eighteenth century Irish navigations: the Mallow to Lombardstown canal, the Kilkenny/Nore navigation and the Limerick...
View ArticleThe Munster Blackwater
I am in the process of adding some pages with photos of the Munster Blackwater. These are photos of the water from the land, whereas my existing page shows the land from the water. While I’m working on...
View ArticleAround the Blackwater
That’s the Munster Blackwater. For some time I have had a page about it here, based on a boat trip from Youghal to (and a little beyond) Cappoquin and on road trips to the Bride and the Lismore Canal....
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