Photographs from the BCRG Launch are here and a write-up on the event in the Tullamore Tribune. Some interesting correspondence from 1922, between GCC’s Head Office and the Canal Workers has been unearthed in Dublin – see piece under Latest News. Nieuwe Zorgen photos on Facebook Waterways Adventure Here’s a film of the 2009 Blackwater [Sailing] Barge Match
Read moreThe 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 Harbour, where the canal meets the River Shannon. In a collaboration withWaterways
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 an inshore lifeboat on Lough Ree for
Read moreOver the past six months a number of written questions have been submitted in the Dail about our waterways. These may be of interest to those currently on the Grand Canal heading east. On October 13th the Minister was asked about access to Grand Canal Docks and Houseboat Policy [see Dail Questions Grand Canal Docks and
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