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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…
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…
Ireland’s Mercantile Marine during the Second World War
An earlier version of this article was donated to Wikipedia The Irish Mercantile Marine[lugnote]In Ireland it is the “Mercantile Marine”;…
ISL and Lemass
This article has been written to give people a sense of conditions in Ireland during the early years of the…
Irish Willow
On 16 March 1942, U-753 stopped the Irish Willow, While they waited on instructions from Berlin, whether or not to…
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…
Lines of the Tayleur
The Tayleur is known as the first Titanic. Sixty years before the Titanic, this White Star liner, technically the most…