1990-1999

U Boat Alley     Roy Stokes Primary research on aspects of the First World war at sea in Irish waters is exceedingly rare.  Roy’s first venture in the topic was his book on sinking of the Leinster (Death in the Irish Sea, Collins 1998).  This latest book builds on the more general submarine situation in the…

The Lighthouse Stephensons by Bella Bathurst Flamingo, 1999, ISBN 000 653076 1 £7.99 Well referenced and carefully researched this book is a fine account of the early days of lighthouse construction in the Northern area. It is particularly revealing in the detail of the famous Stephenson engineering family. One might have expected that the great…

Treasure wrecks of the Northern seas  by Nigel Pickford Chatham publishing ISBN 1 86176 250 X What a book. Nigel Pickford has triumphed again with a cracker of a book covering the story of treasure wrecks in the North Sea and Scandinavia. The research is meticulous and the historic background fills in detail which is…

          A Gallant Barque A Gallant Barque -  The Story of the Port Yarrock  by Sile Mulcahy Published by Kerryman, Tralee, ISBN 0946 277 25 7 The Port Yarrock was wrecked at Kilcummin strand, Brandon on 29-1-1894 with the loss of all aboard. The story was all but forgotten locally until a local…