Jim Murphy – the Early Years Jim Murphy was born on the 6th of February 1945. Born to a maritime family, in a maritime community, it’s perhaps not surprising that he chose the sea for a career. Settling in Liverpool in the mid-1960s he steadily rose...
On Saturday morning, 30th October 1875 the schooner Mino of Cheekpoint, Co Waterford was run ashore on the Wexford shore by her captain and crew. Aground on the sandy shoreline the first wave to break over her stern carried the timbers away and this was quickly...
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