Lady Nelson
On 14th October 1809, The Lady Nelson, Captain Bernard Wade, was shipwrecked on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool, off the Skelligs, Co. Kerry. The 200 tonne vessel contained a…
Audacious Secret
World War 1 was declared on 5 August 1914. On 27 October 1914, disaster befell the Royal Navy. HMS Audacious, a modern "state-of-the-art" super-dreadnought battleship, struck a mine and sank.…
Limerick Marine Radio Schools
Radio Officers were trained in Limerick. This is a history of the school.
The Man in the Tank (Fear an Tanc)
A mystery, a rail tank wagon was washed ashore during the war. The tank contained a corpse
The Asian Adventures of the Bandon River Ships: “Hope” and “Thomas”.
A further account of the East India Company. The story of two of their Bandon-built ships "Hope" and "Thomas"
Sibe Gorman & Co
From early in the nineteenth century until the present time, the image of a copper and brass diver's helmet or hard-hat has been an easily recognisable icon which most people…
Guardships at Kingstown
GUARD-SHIPS AT KINGSTOWN By Cormac F. Lowth Shortly after the completion of Kingstown Harbour in the early 1820s, it became a convenient and preferred haven for elements of the British…
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 in his most entertaining book “Guinness Times - My Days…