Blogs about: Forgotten Navigations
Hunt the lock
wrote 1 day ago: The Hunt Museum in Limerick is chiefly famous for its being accommodated in the former Custom House, … more →
Longford
wrote 5 days ago: I thought I might make some rude remarks about Longford — the town rather than the county — but I fe … more →
Where is it?
wrote 1 week ago: In 1809 Thomas Newenham included the Cloonastra amongst the tributaries of the River Shannon. There … more →
No money for sheughs ...
wrote 2 weeks ago: … in the government’s new €150 million election manif exchequer works programme 2013–201 … more →
Thon Cavan Sheugh
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Thanks to Kildare Street for this, which came up in Dáil written answers on Wednesday 22 May 2013. B … more →
This day thou shouldst be with me
wrote 3 weeks ago: G K Chesterton thought that Paradise was somewhere reached by way of Kensal Green, but in fact it … more →
Sinn Féin promotes a certain Sheugh
wrote 1 month ago: The Dáil discussed the Good Friday Agreement on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 May 2013. On the Tuesday … more →
A trip through the Butterley Tunnel
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wrote 1 month ago: I have recently been sent links to explorations of the Butterley Tunnel on the Cromford Canal, whose … more →
Funding the Sheugh
wrote 1 month ago: The Sunday newspaper read by the better class of person tells us today [paywalled]: Coalition frees … more →
The Shannon River in 1902
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wrote 1 month ago: Last week I gave the dimensions of the Shannon River: Length: 770 feet Breadth: 3 feet 6 inches Dept … more →
Sinn Féin's sheughs
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wrote 1 month ago: I have remarked before that Sinn Féin seems to be devoted to the leading-edge communications technol … more →
The drums, Carruthers
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wrote 1 month ago: I pointed out recently that some newspapers seemed to have reproduced, unquestioningly, what may hav … more →
The Clones Sheugh and other northern waters
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wrote 1 month ago: Industrial Heritage Ireland has been visiting Ulster waterways including the Blackwater, which linke … more →
The Shannon River
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wrote 1 month ago: Length: 770 feet Breadth: 3 feet 6 inches Depth: 1 foot 3 inches Longest straight stretch: 90 feet T … more →
Piers and seed potatoes
wrote 1 month ago: I dare say you’ve observed, Major, how singularly little originality there is about Chief Secr … more →
What is the point of newspapers?
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wrote 1 month ago: The Irish Independent says today: Canal ‘to reopen’ after 80 years Part of the cross-bor … more →
More say he rose again
wrote 1 month ago: Last September, I noted that the excellent KildareStreet.com website had been crippled by a change t … more →
Losing the head
wrote 2 months ago: Just for a change, I’ve put up a new header photo showing a Shannon 1. The photo was taken fro … more →
Sinn Féin wants taxpayers' money for Clones sheugh
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wrote 2 months ago: The Impartial Reporter reports (impartially) that “Councillors press for Ulster Canal funding … more →
