Month: December 2013

U-20

U-20, the u-boat which sank the Lusitania, was lost on the Jutland Sands. An account of her loss and the…

Sibe Gorman & Co

From early in the nineteenth century until the present time, the image of a copper and brass diver's helmet or…

Guardships at Kingstown

GUARD-SHIPS AT KINGSTOWN By Cormac F. Lowth Shortly after the completion of Kingstown Harbour in the early 1820s, it became…

Where are the Barges

Midsummer’s Day 1961 saw the last commercial passage of a Guinness barge on the River Liffey. According to Al Byrne…

Captain Hutchison

Captain William Hutchison (1793-1881): the first Harbourmaster of Kingstown 1817-1874; Coxswain of the Dublin port lifeboat based at Sandycove; Ex…

Moyalla Salvaged

The salvage of the valuable cargo of the Moyalla is the tale of triumph of a skilled first time salvor…