THE MAN OF WAR HEAD A Mystery Solved. By Cormac F. Lowth Man Of War in North County Dublin could be better described as a hamlet rather than a village. It consists today of a crossroads with a few houses and a pub, appropriately named the Man Of War Inn. The ruined remains of an…
Salvage Tradition, Law and Lore from Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast volume 2 Edward J Bourke Early Times The fury with which primitive communities descended upon a stricken vessel can only be regarded with a sense of awe. Tales abound of the ferocity of wreckers and their cruel deeds. Many tales are related which must…
Tayleur fund for the succour of shipwrecked strangers Edward J Bourke The sailing ship Tayleur was wrecked in January 1854 at Lambay with the loss of 220 of the 670 aboard. A fund was established in both Liverpool and Dublin to assist the victims. The fund was chaired by Lord Talbot de Malahide and prominent among the…
The Guinness Fleets of Boats, ships and yachts Edward J Bourke The Guinness brewing concern had substantial maritime resources to support distribution of the famous beer. In addition the family spent a lot of their leisure on a range of fabulous pleasure craft. Initially the reach of the brewing concern expanded from 1790 thanks…
THE ROMAN WRECKS OF LAKE NEMI By Cormac F. Lowth. There is a small lake called Nemi in the Alban Hills, about 30 kilometers southeast of Rome. Between 1927 and 1933, two enormous wooden ships, which once belonged to the Emperor Caligula, and had lain on the bottom of the Lake for over nineteen hundred…
Tram and schooner collide at Ringsend – © Edward J Bourke, prepared for the Dublin Historical Record 2009. Few stories have been mentioned so often with so much confusion than the tale of the collision between a sailing ship and a tram at Ringsend bridge. There have been several errors repeated and one discovery has…
The Argentine Republic Emigration Scheme Peter Mulvany On Friday 25th January 1889, the SS DRESDEN left the Deepwater Quay, Queenstown / Cobh, bound for Buenos Aires, with 1772 emigrants onboard 1500 of whom were Irish including the McCarthy family from Ballyclough, County Cork. The DRESDEN subsequently arrived in Buenos Aires on the 15th February 1889, and our family entered Argentina through the immigrants’ hotel located…
Pomona, emigrant ship, 389 died by Edward Bourke Pomona (1181 tons) was wrecked on a sandbank off Ballyconigar on 28-4-1859. Three hundred and eighty nine people lost their lives. “Since Sunday morning, we experienced severe gales from the SSE with a heavy fall of rain on Wednesday night, which continues with but little intermission”. The gale…
Tayleur was lost at Lambay This article discusses the shipwreck of the Tayleur. For its dimensions and construction: see Tayleur was lost at Lambay. For a review of the book see: “Bound for Australia”. For the Tayleur Medals, see Tayleur fund for the succour of shipwrecked strangers The sailing ship Tayleur was lost at Lambay just north of Dublin on…
Maritime Art and Dún Laoghaire MARITIME ART AND DUN LAOGHAIRE by Cormac F. Lowth. cormaclowth@utvinternet.com Illustrated talk given to the Dún Laoghaire Borough Historical Society on Feb. 21st. 2007. and to the Matitime Institute of Ireland on 20th. March 2008, at Stella Maris Seafarers’ Club I am indebted to a great many people who helped me to put this talk…