by andrew | Aug 5, 2016 | Dunmore East, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Royal Navy, Shipwrecks, World War I
Standing on the breakwater at Dunmore East last night, I found it hard to try to cast my mind back to the scene 99 years ago to the day. For on August 4th 1917 just after midnight, an explosion ripped through the hull of a U Boat laying mines between Dunmore and the...
by andrew | Jan 21, 2016 | Irelands Maritime Heritage, Maritime Wexford, River Lore, Royal Navy, Waterford History, Waterford Ships, World War I, World War II
Two weeks ago we looked at the mine incident that closed the Barrow Bridge in 1946. It was a floating mine, the origins of which was not identified, but it had been in the water for some time. It might conceivably have dated to WWI. At the time the mouth of the...
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