May 2010 Updates

Many of us moored outside and enjoyed the shows at the Grand Canal Theatre during our stay in Dublin see Grand Canal Theatre Dublin.

When going through the 12th Lock on Friday Apr 16th, Damien Maddock took many fine photos of the proceedings. See a selection here Damien Maddock Photos and his website at www.dmphotography.ie.

Our journey into Dublin from the 12th Lock is referred to on RTE1 Seascapes under Seascapes Podcast Friday 23rd April 2010.

 

Barge pictures, some you may not have seen before: Lagan Canal Barge, Antrim coal barge, Lough Neagh coal barge, barge at Newry, Ruston Bucyrus, Libertas on Lough Neagh, Norman on Lough Neagh, Seagull at New Ross.

 

This month HBA members are on Lough Derg, in Dublin, heading north of Lough Ree and heading south on the Barrow. Read about DB Hawthorn’s adventures on the Barrow Line and Barrow River.

 

Over the first couple of weekends in Dublin we travelled up the Liffey and out to the estuary, entertained friends and family on board, and travelled by boat to the various eateries around the basin. Some of the boats moored out on the Liffey to the port side of the Cill Airne and enjoyed dining aboard the ship. See Photo Galleries and Cill Airne History

 

The Royal Canal is in the news see BYM Marine and Maritime News and IT Royal Canal May 4 2010

 

Here’s a good photo of the gang at Mespil Road Dublin Photo Blogspot and here a short video on page 2 James Britton Video Mespil Road.

Caption reads ‘Barges visit Grand Canal Square for Pizza” a series of photos starting here http://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/4592310519/in/photostream/

Boats on their way into Dublin and those already in Grand Canal Docks for the IWAI Dublin Branch Rally 2010 were featured on RTE News May 8.

Some more photos on the web http://pix.ie/keithjack/album/376140/goto/1661549 and http://pix.ie/trooney/1660740/in/album/375629 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/sinlight/4577329817/in/photostream/.

Heritage Boats entered Spencer Dock from the River Liffey. Photos of this symbolic event can be seen here Spencer Dock May 14 2010

Boat histories for 4E, 51M, 68M, 72M, 74M, Nieuwe Zorgen and Rambler are featured in our Vessels pages. See Grand Canal Boats, Horse Boats, Steam Boats and Dutch Motor and Sailing Barges.

On another weekend as well as making the trip to Spencer Dock, we meandered on the Liffey, cruised to Islandbridge, had a superb BBQ using the great front deck on The Rambler, entertained guests and wandered in and around GCD on various types of craft. See some of the photos here Weekend on Dublin s waterways

Canal boat 51M, also known as The Carpenters Boat, recreated its historic voyage on May 19th and 20th. See photos here 51M – the Leaving of Dublin reenactment

The Dublin Branch of the IWAI has an extensive gallery of photos of all the events in Dublin during May here Dublin 2010

Great feedback from this posting of 51M, 68M and 72M on Barges from Drimnagh Bird Watch and Paradijs and TMC are featured here Barges at Clondalkin.

Mention on Irish Internet Association site IIA 51M featured.

Some history which may be of interest to those who visited Dublin recently News4 Beggars Bush.

A few boats got together at this event Barge Gathering in Netherlands

51M will arrive at Robertstown, County Kildare on Saturday May 29th at 5:30pm, escorted by the Heritage Boat fleet.

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