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It's back!2 comments

bjg wrote 13 hours ago: The unmissable weekly read: the list of holders of marked fuel traders’ licences [xls] has ret … more →

Tags: Ashore, Economic Activities, Engineering and Construction, Extant waterways, Ireland, Irish inland waterways vessels, Operations, Politics, shannon

Useful boating advice ...

bjg wrote 15 hours ago: … in certain circumstances. … more →

Tags: Engineering and Construction, Irish inland waterways vessels, Non-waterway, Operations, People, Sources, Boats, vessels

Longford

bjg wrote 4 days ago: I thought I might make some rude remarks about Longford — the town rather than the county — but I fe … more →

Tags: Ashore, built heritage, Economic Activities, Engineering and Construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Non-waterway

Thon Cavan Sheugh1 comment

bjg wrote 3 weeks ago: Thanks to Kildare Street for this, which came up in Dáil written answers on Wednesday 22 May 2013. B … more →

Tags: Ashore, built heritage, drainage, Economic Activities, Engineering and Construction, Extant waterways, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland

Delivery2 comments

bjg wrote 3 weeks ago: Hark! A bell! Tis the doorbell. A courier stands without. He bears a box. “Ho!, trusty courier … more →

Tags: Operations, Economic Activities, Waterways Management, Ireland, waterways, Waterways Ireland, Smart Card

You are changing/said death to the maiden ...

bjg wrote 3 weeks ago: … your wan face To memory, to beauty. Thus Kathleen Raine, but not the list of licensed marked … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, water sports | ACTIVITIES, Economic Activities, Ashore, Engineering and Construction, Tourism, Waterways Management

A call to patriotic action ...

bjg wrote 1 month ago: … said Brian Lenihan of his 2009 Budget, which did not greatly impress Michael Hennigan of Fin … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, Sources, water sports | ACTIVITIES, Economic Activities, People, Tourism, Waterways Management

Royal fire

bjg wrote 1 month ago: From Canals of Dublin. … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Industrial heritage, Sources, Economic Activities, Ashore, Restoration and rebuilding, built heritage, Engineering and Construction

Piers and seed potatoes

bjg wrote 1 month ago: I dare say you’ve observed, Major, how singularly little originality there is about Chief Secr … more →

Tags: Forgotten navigations, Extant waterways, Operations, The turf trade, steamers, scenery, Industrial heritage, Sources, Shannon Estuary

Marina occupancy1 comment

bjg wrote 1 month ago: Practical Boat Owner, a magazine, reports [in its June 2013 issue, published in April] that the Brit … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, Non-waterway, Sources, water sports | ACTIVITIES, Shannon Estuary, Economic Activities, Ashore

No more Latin, no more French ...

bjg wrote 1 month ago: … no more licensed traders in marked fuels [xls] along the Shannon. Funny how few marinas sell … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, Non-waterway, Sources, water sports | ACTIVITIES, Economic Activities, Ashore, People

More say he rose again

bjg wrote 1 month ago: Last September, I noted that the excellent KildareStreet.com website had been crippled by a change t … more →

Tags: built heritage, drainage, Economic Activities, Engineering and Construction, Extant waterways, foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage, Ireland

WI CEO update

bjg wrote 2 months ago: I mentioned yesterday that the job of Waterways Ireland Chief Executive had not yet been advertised. … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Sources, Economic Activities, People, Engineering and Construction, Waterways Management, Politics, foreign parts

WI CEO6 comments

bjg wrote 2 months ago: John Martin, Chief Executive (or, as we say in Ulster Scots, Heid Fector) of Waterways Ireland, was … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Sources, Economic Activities, People, Restoration and rebuilding, Engineering and Construction, Waterways Management, Politics

News from the Suir2 comments

bjg wrote 3 months ago: Some chap from Limerick has been quoted in the Nationalist (Clonmel) as supporting South Tipperary C … more →

Tags: Forgotten navigations, Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, scenery, Industrial heritage, Sources, water sports | ACTIVITIES, Economic Activities

Grand Canal Dock improvements

bjg wrote 3 months ago: L & M Keating at work here. … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, Industrial heritage, Sources, Economic Activities, People, Restoration and rebuilding, built heritage

Alas, no more!

bjg wrote 4 months ago: I can find no additions to the list of Shannon-based holders of licences to sell marked fuel. Could … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Sources, Economic Activities, Ashore, People, Politics, Ireland, waterways

Northsouthery 1212123 comments

bjg wrote 5 months ago: The North/South Ministerial Council reports here [PDF] on the most recent inland waterways meeting, … more →

Tags: Ashore, built heritage, Charles Wye Williams, Economic Activities, Engineering and Construction, Extant waterways, foreign parts, Forgotten navigations, Industrial heritage

Mountshannon

bjg wrote 5 months ago: In the Foreword to his latest book, Portraits of Mountshannon (East Clare Heritage, Tuamgraney 2012) … more →

Tags: Extant waterways, Operations, Irish inland waterways vessels, steamers, scenery, Industrial heritage, Sources, Economic Activities, Ashore


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