Some Articles of Maritime History

Kish

A Riddle of Sand (This article was originally published in January 2012) It is often said that there is too

John Richardson Wigham

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

Simon Bolivar

DUNLEARY AND SIMON BOLIVAR In Ireland in1819, in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, there was an abundance of trained

John Delap

Irish Seamen John Delap Apparently born in Kerry most of what we know about Delap comes from Royal Navy and

The Boyd Disaster

THE BOYD DISASTER. by Cormac F. Lowth cormaclowth@utvinternet.com   And such the trust that still were mine, Though stormy winds

Hutchison’s Gold Medal

Artifacts of the Maritime museum  Captain Hutchison’s Gold RNLI medal Captain William Hutchison (1793-1881), from County Kildare, first harbour master

Concrete ships

Concrete Ships By Richard Lewis Concrete is not a new material – its use probably goes back at least 25

The Guinness Fleets

The Guinness fleets of Boats ships and yachts Edward J Bourke The Guinness brewing concern had substantial maritime resources to

Irish Poplar

ABANDONED SHIP GAVE BIRTH TO IRISH SHIPPING’S WARTIME FLEET This article was first published in the Sunday Express on 19

M.V. Plassy

The Last Voyage of theM.V. Plassy by Michael Kirwan Originally published in the Winter 2010 edition of the Limerick Journal

Shore Rescue

By far the largest number of shipwrecks occur when ships come into unplanned contact with the shore. In less enlightened

DunLaoghaire Harbour

In November 1807 two ships, the Rochdale and Prince of Wales set sail from Pigeonhouse harbour in Dublin, bound for

The Dublin Port Diving Bell

The Dublin Port Diving Bell by Cormac F. Lowth This article was first published in The International Journal of Diving

Engineering

Engineering – The age of Steam. Since early times ships were driven by oars and sail. The crews of these

The Crescent City

Mexican Silver Dollars at Galley Head P.O’Sullivan, Bandon – 1 November 2006 In 1870, The Liverpool and Mississippi Steamship Company

Morven Disaster

Morven Disaster. December, 1906. The Morven was bound from Portland, Oregon to Liverpool with a cargo of about three thousand

The Dunworley Slave Ship.

Paddy O’Sullivan 19 November 2009 The Dunworley Slave Ship: Amity 1701 The history of slavery is probably as old as

Baily Optic

This working Optic is the light from Baily lighthouse in Howth, North Dublin. It was installed in 1902 and removed

LOP 6 Howth Head

LOP 6 Howth Head The Coastwatching Service in Howth, Co. Dublin: LOP 6, the Summit, Howth Michael Kennedy (difp at

The sinking of Arandora Star

‘Drowned like rats’ The torpedoing of Arandora Star off the Donegal Coast, 2 July 1940 Michael Kennedy (difp at iol.ie)

Arklow Shipping

Arklow Shipping -A Group Fleet History Pat Sweeney Author: W.J. Harvey,     ISBN: 1 902 953 150,    Publisher: Bernard McCall, 2004

Ireland’s WWII Sea Losses

NEUTRAL IRELAND’S SEA LOSSES HEAVY IN SECOND WORLD WAR 16 Ships Lost in Unprovoked Actions In the years following 1922,

Capt Robert Halpin

Born in Wicklow on the 17th February 1836, son of James Halpin, innkeeper of Wicklow Bridge House. (Now known as

RMS Leinster, over 500 died

An exhibit illustrating this event will, on occasion, be displayed in the Museum The date is 10th October 1918. The