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The Waterford harbour ‘barrell boat’

by andrew | Jan 5, 2018 | Cheekpoint memories, Fishing Heritage, River Lore

For generations in the harbour here a small and awkward looking fishing craft was a constant feature. Called locally a Prong, it had a variety of uses which probably sustained its use for so long, but the origins of the craft are a mystery and almost now extinct, it...

The Last Voyage of the schooner Saint Austell

by andrew | Dec 29, 2017 | Dunmore East, Guest Posts, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Lifeboats

The last Friday of each month I try to source a contribution from a guest writer.  This month, David Carroll gives another slice of his early life growing up in Dunmore East concerning the shipwrecked Saint Austell.  It’s a wonderfully researched account of a...
They welcome a Christmas spent in their homes

They welcome a Christmas spent in their homes

by andrew | Dec 22, 2017 | Christmas memories, Emigration, Waterford Seafarers

On this years Late Late Toy show the television moment of the year was said to have been the unwrapping of Sergeant Graham Burke by his kids. He was, up to hours previously, serving with Irish peacekeepers in Mali, Africa. The host, Ryan Tubridy, became emotional at...

Harbour Sentinel – Hook Lighthouse

by andrew | Dec 15, 2017 | Irish Lighthouses, River Lore, Shipwrecks

This weekend we commemorate the loss of the ships SS Formby and SS Coningbeg in December 1917.  It’s a topic I covered last week with a view to promoting the commemoration this weekend.  In thinking about the sailors who perished this week I came to realise that...

Waterford’s greatest maritime tragedy

by andrew | Dec 8, 2017 | Irelands Maritime Heritage, Shipwrecks, Waterford History, Waterford Seafarers, Waterford Ships, World War I

Next weekend in Waterford we will remember our greatest maritime tragedy when, within two days in December 1917, Clyde Shipping’s SS Formby and SS Coningbeg were sunk by a U Boat. Of the 83 souls who perished 67 were from the city, the harbour and hinterland. It...
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