Drevar’s Gold & Wellington Pennies
Another story of a treasure ship, lost off the Irish coast
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…
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
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…
Smuggling in the eighteenth and early nineteenth Century
The eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries are described as the golden age of smuggling.
Coastguard Lifesaving Carts
The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent SocietyA rope thrown from the shore was a useful tool, and a pulley system – later known as a ‘breeches buoy’ – could…
Pirates at Muglins
Original newspaper report of the crime and execution of pirates, who were left hanging, one at Muglins and another at the Pigeon House. They had seized the ship "Earl of…
Legends of the Lusitania
LEGENDS OF THE LUSITANIA The sinking of the Lusitania by a torpedo from U20 off the Old Head of Kinsale on Friday 7 May 1915 was the single greatest shipwreck…
Saint-Malo
by Eric Duhan Once you touch ground in Saint-Malo you are entering a place steeped in history from the very first time when man set foot in Western Europe. In…
U-35 in Dingle during WW2
at Ballymore, three miles west of Dingle, 4 October 1939, U-35 landed 28 Greek sailors