Press Release – Easter in Eden – Apr 2010

PRESS RELEASE….IMMEDIATE….
BOAT FLEETS TO VISIT EDENDERRY FOR ‘EASTER IN EDEN!’
Over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, 3rd to 5th April, the Heritage Boat Association fleet together with the boats of the Kildare Branch of the IWAI will visit Edenderry.
Amongst the fleet will be a number of the Grand Canal Company boats (barges) which would have worked on the navigation 50 to 100 years ago carrying cargo to and from the Edenderry terminus to Dublin, Limerick, Waterford and many other towns along the route.
The boats will be on display in the harbour in Edenderry and will make a fine spectacle with their dress flags by day and their display lights at night.
The Heritage Boat Association is especially interested in meeting anybody who had family or other connections with the Grand Canal Company or other boats who worked commercially on the system.
The Boats will move up the Branch Line on the Friday afternoon and Saturday morning and will be on display in the Harbour over the weekend.
There will be displays over the weekend by the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland, Waterways Ireland and the Heritage Boat Association. There will also be a display in Edenderry Library from the 20th March until 1st April.
Local schools and Community groups will be participating in a variety of associated events including art and photography competitions and model boat building.
Further details from: Paul Martin, PRO, HBA or Pa Keogh Kildare IWAI
Tels: 087-2523908 / 085-7695437
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