by andrew | Feb 2, 2018 | Dunmore East, Lifeboats, Rescues at sea, Shipwrecks, Waterford History, World War II
When the 42 man crew of the Dutch-owned SS Beemsterdijk departed Greenock for Cardiff in January 1941 none of them could have known that all but three would ever see their families again. Those three fortunate men who survived had the keen eyes of the men in the...
by andrew | Sep 29, 2017 | Dunmore East, Guest Posts, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Pilots, Regatta, Waterford History
I offer a platform for anyone who wants to write about Waterford harbour on the last Friday of each month. This month David Carroll joins us with a tale of ships and people from the port in 1960 and his experience of the impounded vessel the SS Macuto and how it...
by andrew | Apr 21, 2017 | Coastguard, Smuggling, Waterford History
The HM Coastguard service was created in 1822 when the Revenue Cruisers, Riding officers, and the Preventative Waterguard were amalgamated into a single force to try tackle incidents of smuggling and to enforce the collection of taxes. Waterford was in the top three...
by andrew | Jan 27, 2017 | Dunmore East, Guest Posts
Today our guest blog is provided by David Carroll who as a child lived in Dunmore East with his parents; Harbour Master, Captain Desmond Carroll and his Mother Freda. David has written a memoir of his time there, and has kindly entrusted it to me from which I have...
by andrew | Dec 9, 2016 | Built Heritage, Dunmore East
In 1824 Rev Richard Hopkins Ryland published The history, topography and antiquities of the County and City of Waterford. The Dungarvan native and amateur historian had set out to challenge “the incorrect ideas and false representations of flying...
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