A Riddle of Sand – The Kish Bank
The Kish Bank is a sandbank, or a set of sandbanks, off the east coast of Ireland. This study discusses how, the Kish Bank, got its name.
Lost to Time and Tide
This article offers no conclusions or answers, and is only designed to record some unusual archaeological features within a beautiful bay, which seem to have been forgotten and their use…
Concrete Ships
Irish shipyards Warrenpoint – Concrete ships Cretefield During the First world war a shortage of steel developed as replacements were being built for the huge tonnage sunk by submarines. Steel…
Smuggling in the eighteenth and early nineteenth Century
The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries are described as the golden age of smuggling.
Dublin Port Diving Bell
Engineering by Cormac F. LowthThis article was first published in The International Journal of Diving History, Volume 3, Number 1, July 2010 The restored bell In the nineteenth century, several…
Lord Cloncurry and the Aid
The AID with a valuable cargo of Roman sculptures sank at Killiney. This tells of Lord Cloncurry, his life and the loss of the AID
The East India Company at Dundaniel
Paddy O'Sullivan For more on this theme read: The Asian Adventures of the Bandon River Ships: "Hope" and "Thomas". PREFACE In attempting to give an account of the East India…