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Horace Kitchener and the peat briquette
I commented recently on the posthumous honour awarded to Kerryman Horace Kitchener, born at Ballylongford near Saleen Quay on the Shannon estuary. Part of the cost of building Saleen was paid by the...
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Ballylongford man’s posthumous honour
Herbert Kitchener, born in Ballylongford near Saleen in 1850, shortly after the Shannon Commissioners completed their work, is to appear on a new UK £2 coin.Filed under: Built heritage, Economic...
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Ballylongford (and Inishmurray/Cahircon)
SHANNON-RIVER. This is by far the most considerable river in Ireland, or perhaps in any known island, not only on account of its rolling 200 miles, but also of its great depth in most places, and the...
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Around the world with Irish waterways
Yesterday was one of those days: I managed to track down sources for several pieces of information I’ve been hunting for some time, but in the process I came across a few interesting links, from Gordon...
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Build Ballylongford
The Irish Examiner reports on the proposed LNG storage terminal here. Richard Tol provides an informed view here. The objectors’ site is here. I note from the Examiner report that they say: Shannon LNG...
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OPW on the Shannon Estuary
A brief note on the navigational interests of the Office of Public Works on the Shannon Estuary.Filed under: Ashore, Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering and construction, Extant waterways,...
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Location
Page 84 of Ruth Delany’s The Shannon Navigation (Lilliput Press 2008) has a drawing with this caption: A drawing by Edward Jones which it is thought might depict the Shannon Commission’s survey in...
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Diesel, gas, turf or battery?
The Irish Times tells us that Endesa, a Spanish company, intends to sell its Irish operations. They include two water-side sites, at Great Island in Co Wexford and Tarbert in Co Kerry, as well as a...
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Ephemera 8: Tarbert
Tarbert Island The Irish Times reports that: AN BORD Pleanála has approved the application by Endesa Ireland, part of the Spanish energy company, to build a combined-cycle gas turbine power plant on...
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From the hearts of cranes
Several ports on the Shannon Navigation have old cranes (or parts thereof), most of them nicely painted. Their age may not be apparent, but it is possible that they date back to the days of the Shannon...
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