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Battle of the Piers
This article reviews the rivalry between two engineers on building the pier in Dún Laoghaire harbour. It continues to describe current rivalry, and future hopes.
Drevar’s Gold & Wellington Pennies
Another story of a treasure ship, lost off the Irish coast
Loss of Emigrant Ship Exmouth
In 1847, During the Great Hunger, the Brig Exmouth left Derry (Londonderry) for Quebec. Rather than sailing west across the Atlantic, a gale blew her east and she was wrecked…
Ireland’s Mercantile Marine during the Second World War
An earlier version of this article was donated to Wikipedia The Irish Mercantile MarineIn Ireland it is the “Mercantile Marine”; in the United Kingdom, it is the “Merchant Navy”; in…
ISL and Lemass
This article has been written to give people a sense of conditions in Ireland during the early years of the “Emergency” which existed in Ireland from 1939, and the urgent…
Irish Willow
On 16 March 1942, U-753 stopped the Irish Willow, While they waited on instructions from Berlin, whether or not to sink her, they shared schnapps to honour St Patrick
Miracle on Galway Bay (1949)
At 03:40am on 15 August 1949 Valentia Radio received a report from the British trawler Stalberg which had been fishing off the Aran Islands in the West of Ireland; “Airplane…
Lines of the Tayleur
The Tayleur is known as the first Titanic. Sixty years before the Titanic, this White Star liner, technically the most advanced for her age. was lost on her maiden voyage.…