When the HBA’s Three Sister fleet first considered navigating the Pill River to Piltown in celebration of Heritage Week and then received an invitation from Paddy Walsh to moor beside his paddock in Piltown, others said – it can’t be done – boats have never…
Read morePRESS RELEASE September 12th 2011 HERITAGE BOAT ASSOCIATION (HBA) START… CLODIAGH EXPEDITION LEADS TO NEW INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE FIND In a recent reconnoitre carried out by members of the Heritage Boat Association and the Portlaw Heritage Group, long lost structures…
Read moreRiver Suir from source to sea is a website created by the Workmmens’ Boatclub in Clonmel, for all things relating to the Suir and her offshoots. Joe Treacy has written a memorable account of the challenges faced and overcome by the crew of Rambler earlier this…
Read moreOn Saturday Sep 3rd 2011, four barges of the HBA Three Sister Fleet, arrived at the old Lime Quay in the historic town of Portlaw. According to local historians, it is the first time since the 1930s that barges have made it up the River Clodiagh. Among this small…
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