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  • Martello Towers in Ireland

    Martello Towers in Ireland

    14/05/2021
    ‘In 1793 Corsica was in insurrection against the French, and the British Government, as a matter of policy, decided to ...
  • McCann boatyard records

    McCann boatyard records

    13/05/2021
    All the records of McCann boatyard activities (orders, invoices and correspondence/record books ) including correspondence from Lord Mountbatten thanking the ...
  • The Galway Buzz - Buzz na Gaillimhe

    The Galway Buzz - Buzz na Gaillimhe

    13/05/2021
    A National Biodiversity Week programme Connecting People with Nature
  • Connaught’s Coronation Stone

    Connaught’s Coronation Stone

    12/05/2021
    Ó Broin Tomás’s Celtica, 29 199 (pages 393 – 401) Show Less in A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology] describes the ...
  • Errew Abbey

    Errew Abbey

    11/05/2021
    Errew Abbey in County Mayo was a two – bay double – height single – cell Chapel constructed circa 1845 ...
  • Augustinian Abbey Ardnaree

    Augustinian Abbey Ardnaree

    11/05/2021
    The Ardnaree Abbey in Ballina gateway has a visual impact on Cathedral Road at the entrance to the Abbey grounds. This ...
  • Michael Walsh and Michael Madden Currach Making

    Michael Walsh and Michael Madden Currach Making

    10/05/2021
    My grand uncle Michael “Bobby”Walsh was a boat and Currach builder from Inishturk south, he mover to the mainland near ...
  • Memories of Tremone Bay, County Donegal

    Memories of Tremone Bay, County Donegal

    10/05/2021
    These are the memories of Neil McFeely of boating and shipping along the eastern coast of the Inishowen peninsula, county ...
  • Fanad Currachs, Co. Donegal

    Fanad Currachs, Co. Donegal

    10/05/2021
  • Oughterard Boat Builder -Tommy Mallon

    Oughterard Boat Builder -Tommy Mallon

    08/05/2021
    Larch and oak Tommy Mallon standing beside a Carval built fishing boat. Tommy built 9-10 of these boats in the 1970s ...
  • Shannon Pilots

    Shannon Pilots

    08/05/2021
    My family (on my mother’s side) hail from Scattery Island on the Shannon. My Uncle, Grandfather, Great Grandfather were Marine ...
  • BIM 26 Footers - Belderrig, Co Mayo

    BIM 26 Footers - Belderrig, Co Mayo

    08/05/2021
    Picture taken in Belderrig Co Mayo pier 1964. 4 new 26 foot timber boats (known as BIM 26 footers) With a 8 ...
  • Traditional boat construction (Naimhòg) sometimes called a canoe at Maharees

    Traditional boat construction (Naimhòg) sometimes called a canoe at Maharees

    08/05/2021
    Photo shows three generations of the Leary family (Murt, Michael & Monty) , Maharees , Co Kerry , naomhòg makers ...
  • Boatbuilding near Louisburgh

    Boatbuilding near Louisburgh

    08/05/2021
    This an article I wrote for the Louisburgh Parish magazine, “An Choinneall” for the 2014 edition.
  • The marriage of Shipwrights and Lighthouse Keepers.

    The marriage of Shipwrights and Lighthouse Keepers.

    08/05/2021
    I come from a family of shipwrights and lighthouse keepers. My great great grandfather, a shipwright, left Kilkenny for Ayrshire, ...
  • The Punt Guns and Punt Boat, Clarecastle, Co. Clare

    The Punt Guns and Punt Boat, Clarecastle, Co. Clare

    05/05/2021
    Image of punt guns courtesy of John Power, all other images courtesy of Eric Shaw  
  • Net-fishing for salmon on the River Fergus, at Clarecastle, Co. Clare

    Net-fishing for salmon on the River Fergus, at Clarecastle, Co. Clare

    05/05/2021
    The boat used by the Clarecastle net-fishermen for many years was known as a gandalow, a design of boat used ...
  • Developing Your Digital Skills: Introduction to Digitisation

    Developing Your Digital Skills: Introduction to Digitisation

    05/05/2021
    Join Sean Rippington, Digital Archivist and Copyright Manager, University of St Andrews in the first of our webinar series on ...
  • Facebook Workshop

    Facebook Workshop

    05/05/2021
    This is a recording of a workshop we did on Thursday 22nd April,  which is going to be part of ...
  • Various Viaducts

    Various Viaducts

    04/05/2021
    Viaducts are a specific Long Series of Bridges supported by Spans or Arches between Pillars.  Related to Aqueducts in that ...
  • Ballymacgibbon Cairn

    Ballymacgibbon Cairn

    04/05/2021
    Ballymacgibbon Cairn is enormous yet unopened.  It is a relatively undisturbed Cairn with the possibility it contains a hidden chamber ...
  • May Bush, Kilmore Co Wexford

    May Bush, Kilmore Co Wexford

    01/05/2021
    What year did this happen? 2021 Where is this happening? Bastardstown, Kilmore, Co Wexford
  • May Altar, Ballina, Co. Tipperary

    May Altar, Ballina, Co. Tipperary

    27/04/2021
    About this custom We do this every year. Its a tradition I grew up with in Clonbur co. Galway. I love ...
  • Dublin Viaducts

    Dublin Viaducts

    27/04/2021
    Viaducts are a specific long series of Bridges supported by Spans or Arches between Pillars.  They were related to Aqueducts ...
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  • Noelene Beckett Crowe. on William O’Dwyer

    21/06/2022
    That is so interesting Sean. Thanks for details. Also Paul his Brother has been honoured on site. Perhaps you may...
  • Noelene Beckett Crowe. on Church at Kilmolash and Easter

    21/06/2022
    Art thank you for an excellent impressive, interesting article. The images are wonderful...great that you discovered the light shining through...
  • Jimmy Reidy on A Typical Night in the Hangar, Salthill, 1953

    16/06/2022
    I used to hear my late Mam, talk about the enjoyment she had in the *hanger ballroom" She worked in...
  • Ann Irwin on Search for Moran Ancestors

    27/05/2022
    The Tithe Applotment Books of c 1834 records all the male holders of land in Ireland. In the 1850's have...
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