Captain Jim Murphy turns 80

Captain Jim Murphy turns 80

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...
Great Western weathers the storm

Great Western weathers the storm

A few weeks back I published a story of the Great Western and what it meant in the Waterford area.  Each story that I publish generally gets a response, an email or two, comments on the blog, facebook comments and messages.  But the story of the Great Western really...