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Home » Archive by Category "Maritime History"
26 Mar
Articles, Maritime History

Irish Naval Service – growing to maturity

  • March 26, 2012
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The main function of the Irish Naval Service is still prevention of illegal fishing in Irish territorial waters, but other important wo...

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26 Mar
Articles, Maritime History

Irish Naval Service – The Birth

  • March 26, 2012
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From 1924 to 1938 there was little official interest in maritime affairs in this country. The ports were controlled by Britain, and the...

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23 Mar
Articles, Maritime History

Mariners’ Church – History

  • March 23, 2012
  • By author-avatar National Maritime Museum of Ireland
The Mariners' Church - History The Reverend Canon Victor G. StaceyThe building of Dun Laoghaire Harbour in 1820's and the opening of t...

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07 Mar
Articles, Maritime History, Vessels

James Doyle’s Tayleur Medal

  • March 7, 2012
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This rare Tayleur medal was awarded to James Doyle for his part in the Enota rescue on 4 November 1869 in Kingstown Harbour.  He w...

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22 Feb
Articles, Maritime History

Dublin Shipyards

  • February 22, 2012
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Irish Shipbuilding Miscellaneous Dublin yards While the main shipbuilding in Dublin Involved the Liffey yard,  later Vickers, and Ross ...

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19 Feb
Articles, Maritime History

G2, the Coastwatching Service and the Battle of the Atlantic: 1939-41

  • February 19, 2012
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G2, the Coastwatching Service and the Battle of the Atlantic: 1939-41 Michael Kennedy (difp at iol.ie) A PDF version of this article i...

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15 Jan
Articles, Maritime History

Kish

  • January 15, 2012
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A Riddle of Sand (This article was originally published in January 2012) It is often said that there is too much ‘rubbish’ informati...

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12 Jan
Articles, Maritime History

John Richardson Wigham

  • January 12, 2012
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John Richardson Wigham(15 January 1829 – 16 November 1906) was a lighthouse engineer.  He was a great inventor and successful busin...

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10 Jan
Articles, Maritime History

Simon Bolivar

  • January 10, 2012
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DUNLEARY AND SIMON BOLIVAR In Ireland in1819, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, there was an abundance of trained soldiers, w...

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09 Jan
Articles, Maritime History

John Delap

  • January 9, 2012
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Irish Seamen John Delap Apparently born in Kerry most of what we know about Delap comes from Royal Navy and Russian navy records. In S...

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