Please Note: The Museum will be closed at 4.00pm to set up for out Christmas Choir that night

Lifeboat

National Maritime Museum of Ireland

08 Jan 2012

The Boyd Disaster

Conor 1861, ajax kingstown, boyd, clyde, disaster, Dublin, DunLaoghaire Harbour, East Pier, Irish Sea, Lifeboat, Lighthouse, schooner, Shipwreck

THE BOYD DISASTER. by Cormac F. Lowth cormaclowth@utvinternet.com And such the trust that still were mine, Though stormy winds swept o’er the brine, Or through the tempest’s Read More

22 Aug 2011

Lifeboats in DúnLaoghaire

Conor DunLaoghaire Harbour, Lifeboat

Archive

There have been lifeboats in Dublin Bay for more than 200 years. This is one of the oldest services in existence. The first lifeboat was located at Sandycove and run Read More

18 Jan 2010

The sinking of Arandora Star

Conor article, Battle of the Atlantic, Belmullet, Canada, Coastwatching, Donegal, Garda, Internees, Lifeboat, Look Out Post, Malin Head, Northern Ireland, Shipwreck, torpedo, WW2

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‘Drowned like rats’ The torpedoing of Arandora Star off the Donegal Coast, 2 July 1940 Michael Kennedy (difp at iol.ie) This paper is a revised version of ‘Men that Read More

22 Dec 2009

RMS Leinster, over 500 died

Conor City of Dublin Steampacket Company, Dublin, Helga, Hollyhead, Irish Sea, Leinster, Lifeboat, Mallard, mine, North Sea, Post Office, U-boat, Ulster, WW1

An exhibit illustrating this event will, on occasion, be displayed in the Museum The date is 10th October 1918. The place is Kingstown (now DunLaoghaire), Britain (of which Ireland Read More

21 Dec 2009

Fethard Lifeboat Disaster

Conor booklet, Fethard, GAA, Lifeboat, O'Rourke, RNLI, Rosslare, William Duggan

A tale of bravery and sadness. ... ... On the afternoon of the 20th of February, 1914, there being what was described as a somewhat unsteady breeze from S.S.W., with a force Read More