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Spring is sprung …
… the grass is riz. I wonder where the brand new fleet of aircraft is. I would welcome news of sightings of the fleet of (presumably) floatplanes/seaplanes/amphibians that Harbour Flights is to have...
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Construction
The government’s new election manifesto construction strategy has just been published and can be downloaded here. I wouldn’t bother, though: there’s nothing in it about the Clones Sheugh and it’s...
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Elfin safety
Be careful out there.Filed under: Economic activities, Foreign parts, Operations, Safety Tagged: health and safety
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Drones or helicopter gunships?
Carál Ní Chuilín [SF], NI’s waterways minister, said the other day: Waterways Ireland’s inspectorate is responsible for enforcing the Lough Erne by-laws, which include speeding. Jet skis and boats are...
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The hire business, as we know and love it …
… is screwed. That is my interpretation [and not, I should stress, to be attributed to the report's authors, sponsors or supporters] of the results of the June 2014 report Ireland’s Inland Waterways –...
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Things not to do on a boat …
… at least if you’re close to an airport. If the boat had rammed an aeroplane it might have become as famous as the schooner Cymric. h/t Kids Prefer CheeseFiled under: Canals, Economic activities,...
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Temps
Waterways Ireland has no staff on temporary contracts but has 32 on seasonal contracts.Filed under: Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Ireland, Irish...
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Thames boating accident
Info here and here.Filed under: Economic activities, Extant waterways, Foreign parts, Operations, People, Safety, Sources, Tourism, waterways, Waterways management Tagged: barge, Thames, trip boat
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The buoys of the lough
Waterways Ireland’s proposed new moorings on Lough Erne. Note that the links at the bottom of the page [which do not include this or this] are to PDFs. The “heaviest cruisers”, eh? Hmph. And “egress”...
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Effin mensuration
Statue of Dr Johnson near his birthplace in Lichfield The learned readers of this site will not need to be reminded of the sapient advice of the late Dr Samuel Johnson: [...] no man should travel...
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Waterways Ireland news
Lots of info pouring from Waterways Ireland at the moment: July Shannon traffic stats, which will take me some time to analyse, serviced moorings in Sallins, digital navigation thingies for the Erne...
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The monsoon is coming …
… perhaps. The water depth at Banagher has stayed at around 2.1 metres but that at Athlone has gone down to about 2.0 metres. Are TPTB lowering Lough Ree so that it can store the water from the...
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Steam, the Shannon and the Great British Breakfast
That is the title of the Railway and Canal Historical Society‘s 2014 Clinker Memorial Lecture, to be held at the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS, at 1415 on...
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A1 @ A2SN
I wrote here about the workshop, being organised by A2SN, the Archives and Artefacts Study Network, and PRONI, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, entitled By air, sea and land — Transport...
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Stealth seaplanes?
I have made several visits to Mountshannon this year, but unfortunately none of them coincided with an appearance by any of the “brand new fleet of aircraft, operating from destinations nationwide”...
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Trip boat crewing arrangements
The invaluable KildareStreet alerted me to this: Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals 7 Oct 2014 3:00 pm Marcella Corcoran Kennedy [FG,...
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Pumps and crisps
Thanks to Colin Becker, I have updated this page to show the location of the ESB’s third pumping station between Meelick and Portumna: I had known only where two of them were. I have also added to the...
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Two men drowned on Lough Derg
A melancholy loss of life took place on the river Shannon, within five miles of Nenagh. Master Edmond Bourke (eldest son of John Bourke, of Tintrim, Esq, JP) in company with two men named Fahy and...
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Three drowned on Lough Neagh
Most distressing accident on Lough Neagh — three young gentlemen drowned It is with painful regret we have to announce a very afflicting calamity that occurred on Lough Neagh, on Friday, by which Mr...
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A little rain goes a long way
Here are some water level readings from Athlone Weir. I’ve taken them from the OPW’s very useful water levels site, where you can monitor levels from the comfort of your own armchair. [If only there...
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