Piet Hein Paddy O’Sullivan revision, 27 October 2013 Just after dawn on the morning of October the 12th 1492 Columbus sank his knees in the soft sand on an island in the Caribbean and claimed it for his sponsors the King and Queen of Spain. Columbus thought he had discovered an outlying part of Asia…
Captain Hutchison Captain William Hutchison (1793-1881), from County Kildare was the first harbour master of Kingstown. He also acted as coxswain of the Dublin port lifeboat based at Sandycove. Born 1793 died 1881 Ex Lieutenant in RN Inspector of Bulloch Quarries Pilot Master Port of Dublin First Harbourmaster Kingstown 1817-1874 Justice of the Peace Described…