by andrew | Dec 23, 2020 | Christmas memories
Well, 2020 has been a strange one, to say the least. A year where we saw Irish politics altered in a government formed of consonants and contrarians that was just missing a Big Brother/Love Island narrator. A pandemic that saw us hit pause in our schedules but...
by andrew | Dec 23, 2020 | Christmas memories
I would like to thank Myles Courtney for passing this along to me for Christmas. I shared it with my facebook followers yesterday so this is just for those blog followers who are not on social media to enjoy. Wishing you a happy Christmas. Andrew via New Ross Street...
by andrew | Dec 19, 2020 | Book Reviews, Lifeboats, Rescues at sea, Shipwrecks, Waterford History, Waterford Seafarers
The arrival of Dauntless Courage, Celebrating the History of the RNLI Lifeboats, their crews and the Maritime Heritage of the Dunmore East Community was greeted with a wave of conflicting emotions this week. Joy at seeing the book finally in print, tears of relief...
by andrew | Dec 14, 2020 | Guest Posts, Lifeboats
On the week that Dauntless Courage arrives from the publishers to local shops, (December 2020) I asked author David Carroll to whet the appetite with a short guest blog about a rescue that is legendary in Dunmore East due to the skill and bravery shown by the lifeboat...
by andrew | Dec 7, 2020 | Ballymacaw, Coastguard, Dunmore East, Lifeboats, Rescues at sea, Shipwrecks
On a dark tempestuous winter’s evening, the brig Glencoe was blown onto the rocks at Ballymacaw to the west of Dunmore East. As the winds howled and the seas crashed and washed over the ship her 13 man crew had little hope of survival but those on shore had seen...
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