Tag Archives: Dublin
Lost to Time and Tide
There were no constructed harbours in this part of Dublin Bay before the early 1800’s. Boats, small ones that is, landed on shale and s...
Dublin Shipyards
Irish Shipbuilding
Miscellaneous Dublin yards
While the main shipbuilding in Dublin Involved the Liffey yard, later Vickers, and Ross ...
G2, the Coastwatching Service and the Battle of the Atlantic: 1939-41
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...
The Boyd Disaster
THE BOYD DISASTER.
by Cormac F. Lowth
cormaclowth@utvinternet.com
And such the trust that still were mine,
Though stormy winds swept...
DunLaoghaire Harbour
In November 1807 two ships, the Rochdale and Prince of Wales set sail from Pigeonhouse harbour in Dublin, bound for England. They were ...
The Dublin Port Diving Bell
The Dublin Port Diving Bellby Cormac F. LowthThis article was first published in The International Journal of Diving History, Volume 3,...
Baily Optic
This working Optic is the light from Baily lighthouse in Howth, North Dublin. It was installed in 1902 and removed in 1972 when the lig...
LOP 6 Howth Head
LOP 6 Howth Head
The Coastwatching Service in Howth, Co. Dublin: LOP 6, the Summit, Howth
Michael Kennedy (difp at iol.ie)
I: In...
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 place is Kingstown ...
History of the MII
History of the Maritime Institute of IrelandINSTITUTE FOUNDED AT CRITICAL
TIME IN IRELAND’S HISTORY
The Maritime ...