The Heritage Boat Association will celebrate 200 years of the Royal Canal during Heritage Week this August. During Heritage Week, 19th to 27th August 2017, a fleet of heritageboats will travel the western section of the canal between Keenagh Co. Longford and Richmond…
Read moreRTE Waterways is a site created by RTE for the new Waterways Royal Canal series. It features the people involved in the production, a trailer for each episode, the history of the Royal, map of the journey, wildlife, places, promotional clips from each episode…
Read moreLifeboats News Release RNLI gives go-ahead for lifeboat trial on Lough Ree Date: 04/11/2011 The RNLI is to trial an inshore lifeboat on one of the biggest loughs on the River Shannon. At a recent meeting of the RNLI Board of Trustees the decision was taken to place…
Read moreM Boat The story of a boat delivering Guinness from Dublin to Shannon Harbour in the 1950s Written & Directed by Eddie Alford Friday 2 and Saturday 3 December – 8 pm – Birr Theatre . Earlier this year, The M Boat won the top award for Artistic…
Read moreOne of the dry docks in Shannon Harbour, the one favoured by barges due to the height of the supports underneath, has been closed by Waterways Ireland (WI) without notice. It appears that the outdoor dry dock is not available for use, because the report from a…
Read moreThis year’s event will take place in Naas Canal Harbour from Friday October 28th to Monday October 31st, Halloween. All are welcome with or without boats. Don’t forget your Fancy Dress! The Kildare Branch of the IWAI look forward to seeing everyone….
Read moreRTE Waterways is a site created by RTE for the new Waterways Royal Canal series. It features the people involved in the production, a trailer for each episode, the history of the Royal, map of the journey, wildlife, places, promotional clips from each episode…
Read moreWhen 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…
Read morePRESS RELEASE August 24th 2011 FIFTY YEARS ON – THE RETURN OF BARGES TO PILTOWN, COUNTY KILKENNY To celebrate Heritage Week, barges 68M and 72M will arrive at the Creamery Quay in Piltown on the banks of the Pill River to join with the Piltown community at…
Read moreCELEBRATING THE FLOATING HERITAGE ON IRISH INLAND WATERWAYS Venue: Tullamore Dew Heritage Centre, Bury Quay, Tullamore All-Week (11.00–17.00) A display featuring heritage boats to be found on Irish Inland Waters Contact: Paul Martin paul@comma.ie or phone…
Read moreOver the next week or so we will be adding images to the Photos section showing the various events that have taken place over the past couple of months. Here are the winning entries in the Cheekpoint Art Competition Members can view the photos and read what went…
Read moreFrom North Tipp to South Tipp – the long way around Today, Sunday August 7th, the HBA’s Three Sisters’ Fleet arrived in Carrick-on-Suir, on a journey for some that started in Clare and North Tipperary. Led by 72M and 68M, the fleet travelled from…
Read morePRESS RELEASE – July 26th 2011 ….. immediate A MEETING OF MINDS! Vintage Cars and Heritage Boats to converge on the banks of the River Nore A truly amazing gathering will take place this weekend in the historic town of Inistioge….
Read moreOn the IWAI Forum recently are descriptions of some great journeys along the Royal Canal, including Ciaran Clinton’s journey on Blackthorn with family and friends IWAI Forum Blackthorn comes home on the Royal Canal The Three Sisters’ fleet had a wonderful…
Read moreQUAY TO UNLOCK OLD MEMORIES Cheekpoint hosts the Heritage Boats The magnificent Tall Ships are not the only rare boats visiting Waterford next week. Coming to salute their past partners in maritime commerce is the fleet of the Heritage Boat Association. Amongst…
Read moreHBA Members are invited to the opening of the “Barrow Life” Exhibition at Lennons @ Visual, Old Dublin Road, Carlow on Wednesday June 15th at 6pm The Exhibition runs from June 9th to 30th Last Updated ( 06 June 2011 )
Read morePRESS RELEASE June 2nd 2011 ….. immediate Vintage Cars and Heritage Boats on Barrow banks On a summer Saturday afternoon a week from now the beautiful valley of the River Barrow will echo to the bygone sound of ancient engines. Vintage and Veteran cars participating…
Read more**** STOP PRESS **** On June 29th at 18:40 or thereabouts, The Rambler entered Richmond Harbour on the western end of the Royal Canal. Congratulations to her skipper and his crew from all members of the HBA. See you on the Shannon. The Rambler on The Royal 2011…
Read morePRESS RELEASE Date May 31st 2011………. BANAGHER STUDENTS SAIL NEW WATERS As the first vessel edged under the Bridge and the Fleet turned purposely into Banagher Harbour, it was clear that these were no ordinary boats. These were the vanguard of the Heritage…
Read moreToday, Thursday June 9th 2011 at noon, The Rambler finally eased her way under the Irish Rail – Ianrod Eireann – lifting Bridge in Dublin, probably heaved a huge sigh of relief, and set out on her journey along the Royal Canal. The Rambler is recreating…
Read moreToday, Thursday June 9th 2011 at noon, The Rambler finally eased her way under the Irish Rail – Ianrod Eireann – lifting Bridge in Dublin, probably heaved a huge sigh of relief, and set out on her journey along the Royal Canal. The Rambler is recreating…
Read morePress Release May 16th 2011 HERITAGE BOAT ASSOCIATION (HBA) START…. BANAGHER CHOSEN FOR HERITAGE BOAT CELEBRATIONS Banagher Harbour is the venue chosen by the Heritage Boat Association to celebrate their tenth anniversary – HBA 10 @ Banagher. Moored in…
Read moreEvery good wish to Eric Kemp on his Dutch Sailing barge (1904 Skutsje Tjalk) Nieuwe Zorgen as he sets sail from Grand Canal Docks, Ringsend once again, on another of his Waterways Adventures for Rehab. This picture was in the Metro Herald. Full details of the event…
Read moreAnnual Boatmen’s Reunion on Saturday May 21st 2011 Graiguenamanagh Programme of Events 14:00 Service in Duiske Abbey 15:00 until late: Meal at Duiske Inn followed by presentations, music and dancing John Martin of Waterways Ireland together…
Read moreBoatmen are to be honoured with Barrow 2011 presentation HBA Press Release Three Sisters II The Barrow River Brochure was launched at Bagenalstown on Easter weekend. There is an excellent interview with Paul Martin of the HBA by Marcus Connaughton of Seascapes…
Read moreHERITAGE BOAT ASSOCIATION (HBA) April 28th 2011 THE THREE SISTERS……CELEBRATING THE NAVIGATION BOATMEN HONOURED WITH BARROW 2011 PRESENTATION This year the River Barrow and her sisters, the Nore and the Suir, will greet again some old friends,…
Read moreWaterways Ireland today issued Notice No 38/2011 stating they will be removing nine boats abandoned in Shannon Harbour. Among them is the classic Falmouth Quay punt, Paloma, built c1895. Paloma was originally used in the south of England to meet the Clipper…
Read morePress Release April 5th 2011 HERITAGE BOAT ASSOCIATION (HBA) THE THREE SISTERS …… CELEBRATING THE NAVIGATION This year the River Barrow and her sisters, the Nore and the Suir, will greet again some old friends, the barges of the Heritage…
Read moreJoe Treacy tells us the programme for HBA 10 @ Banagher continues to expand. Here are some additions to the original list of events – local coracle building teams are being arranged under the auspices of Newgrange Currach. [Take a look at what they do on…
Read moreOver the last week we have had several excellent reports from boaters travelling along both the Shannon and the Barrow Lines of the Grand Canal. Aptly put by one boater as “the Grand is getting grander”! The water levels are excellent and the maintenance…
Read moreBoats are on the move all over the inland waterways system. Many are enjoying the results of WI’s winter improvement and maintenance programme. Photos please! In recent months some HBA members got together to create the Bolinder Engine display units….
Read moreCruise in Company to Lowtown Saturday Mar 19th 2011 Lowtown Quay 1950’s The Cruise in Company will start from Robertstown to arrive at Lowtown before 16:00 Registration for the event in the Old Chandlery at Lowtown Marina BBQ and Live Music hosted by Vita…
Read moreBJG writes “The March 2011 issue of the Industrial Heritage Association of Ireland www.ihai.ie newsletter has reached me. It has several items of waterways interest. It announces the IHAI’s spring tour of Wicklow waterworks and mining sites on 7 May…
Read moreBoaters interested in visiting London during the 2012 Olympic Games will be able to pre-book British Waterways’ visitor moorings more than a year in advance when a when a web-based booking system for visitor moorings goes live in April 2011 to coincide with ticket…
Read moreGreetings, The attached message just in from WI. Subscribers to the “IWAI-News” list (or indeed the e-mail subscribners to the “Waterways” list) can get a bit more information by going to the IWAI on-line forum (no need to register you can…
Read moreOn Feb 26th 2011, during an ideal weather window, The Rambler quietly slipped her moorings in the Outer Basin of Grand Canal Docks in Dublin and was locked through onto the Liffey. On the Liffey, she turned right and headed out into Dublin Bay, passing 21st century…
Read moreMany thanks to Mike Clarke for the information included in this write-up on the Liverpool Barge, HBA Burscough II. The Irish Residential Boat Owners Association, formed last year, has just launched its new website – see IRBOA News. “The site is…
Read moreTo: Heritage Boat Association From: Ballycommon Canal Renewal Group Date: Feb 16th 2011 Hi All, I am delighted to be able to inform you that our first work party will take place this coming Saturday Feb 19th. Registration will take place at 9 am beside Ballycommon…
Read moreAnyone who has regenerated, restored or replicated an old vessel understands the concept of craft. The author Jeannette Winterspoon stated recently in Craft – the art of making, “The most satisfying thing a human being can do … is make something”….
Read moreRenaissance of the birthplace of many Irish barges Of great interest to many members of the Heritage Boat Association are the Graving Dry Docks in the outer basin of Grand Canal Docks. We have written about them, toured them, photographed them, featured them on…
Read moreOrganising HBA events for 2011 is well under way see HBA Events Schedule 2011 and an interesting week long programme planned for the HBA 10 @ Banagher event see Banagher Anniversary Programme. Some memories of the Three Sisters in 2005. Members:…
Read moreIn 1929 the Corporation of Dublin published ‘A Book of Dublin’ Among these pages are two advertisements of interest to Irish barge owners. One is for the Dublin Dockyard Company, ‘builders of all classes of vessels up to 400 feet’….
Read moreHBA 10 @ Banagher Heritage Boat Association, a week to celebrate our tenth anniversary May 28th to June 6th 2011 In May 2001 the HBA was launched at the World Canal Conference in Dublin. In Banagher, once the centre of a prosperous river business and a vital stop…
Read moreIt promises to be a great year for the HBA with a huge range of events in association with various communities along the waterways. Have a great 2011. The schedule is, of course, dependant on the vagaries of weather, tide and navigations and does not include…
Read moreMembers – here is an important date for your diary Member News BB Ian Bath of the RCAG was the Irish Independent/Afloat’s ‘Sailor of the Month in December. You can vote for Ian as your choice of Sailor of the Year here Afloat Sailor of the Year …
Read moreWI Hours for Lock Keepers and Water Patrollers 2010 contains contact details, working hours for each season and days off for all Lock Keepers and Water Patrollers on the Grand Canal, Barrow Navigation and the Royal Canal. Have you ever wondered what Dublin’s…
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