Captain Hutchison
Captain William Hutchison (1793-1881): the first Harbourmaster of Kingstown 1817-1874; Coxswain of the Dublin port lifeboat based at Sandycove; Ex Lieutenant in RN; Inspector of Bulloch Quarries; Pilot Master Port…
Historical Diving in Ireland
While there were few diving inventors or innovators in Ireland, it is remarkable that many of the early diving pioneers worked around the Irish coast. Local entrepreneurs and salvors were…
Italian Salvage Ships at the Galley Head
Paddy O'Sullivan traces the history of the Italian salvage company, Sorima, and describes its successful Ludgate operation off the Galley Head in 1934-35.
Moyalla Salvaged
The salvage of the valuable cargo of the Moyalla is the tale of triumph of a skilled first time salvor over the might of a large professional salvage company. It…
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…