Dublin Port Diving Bell by Cormac F. Lowth This article was first published in The International Journal of Diving History, Volume 3, Number 1, July 2010 In the nineteenth century, several factors combined, which both facilitated and necessitated the expansion of the Port of Dublin. The seaward approaches to Dublin Port have always been hazardous…
Diving on the Lusitania Diving on the Lusitania from Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast volume 2 ISBN 0 9523027 2 1 by permission of the author Edward Bourke The Lusitania is probably the most discussed of all shipwrecks in Irish waters. The incident was the worst maritime disaster in the vicinity of Ireland and some…
The East India Company at Dundaniel Paddy O’Sullivan. PREFACE In attempting to give an account of the East India Company at Dundaniel and especially their iron works, it has been necessary, in the absence of information, to study other Irish and English iron smelters for the same period and then try to reconstruct what must have taken…
Dublin Shipyards Irish Shipbuilding Three tables accompany this article: List of Ships built in Dublin Shipbuilders in Dublin Maritime trades in Dublin 1761 Maps were extracted from the Rocque map of 1756 available from the Harvard Geospatial Library Shipbuilders in Dublin Miscellaneous Dublin yards While the main shipbuilding in Dublin Involved the Liffey yard, later…