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Lecture8April115

STORY OF A DUBLIN PORT PILOT Captain Jim Kennedy Retired Pilot – Dublin Port 8 April 2015 at 8pm Poolbeg Yacht Club Tickets €5.00 An interesting, exciting and amusing account of life guiding the great ships into Dublin Port in all weathers. in aid of funds for the RNLI. Jim adds anecdote, humour and flair… Continue reading Lecture8April115

Lecture26March2015

STORY OF A DUBLIN PORT PILOT Captain Jim Kennedy Retired Pilot – Dublin Port 26 March 2015 at 8pm National Maritime Museum of Ireland Tickets €10.00 Doors open 7.30 pm, Lecture begins 8.00 pm Booking: administration@mariner.ie or Tel : 01 2143 964 An interesting, exciting and amusing account of life guiding the great ships into… Continue reading Lecture26March2015

Lecture 18Mar15 Monkstown Castle

DUN LAOGHAIRE BOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ILLUSTRATED LECTURE THE HISTORY OF MONKSTOWN CASTLE by DR. SEAMUS CANNON EMLYN CULLEN M.A. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 8.O.O. PM. 20:00 in ROYAL MARINE HOTEL, DUN LAOGHAIRE. ALL WELCOME CAR PARKING CONCESSION TO THOSE ATTENDING THE LECTURE. COME EARLY TO BE SURE OF A SEAT

Miracle on Galway Bay (1949)

At 03:40am on 15 August 1949 Valentia Radio received a report from the British trawler Stalberg which had been fishing off the Aran Islands in the West of Ireland;
“Airplane down in Galway Bay, am searching your area” The subsequent co-ordination of air, sea and land assets resulted in the miraculous rescue of almost all crew and passengers of a Transocean Air lines flight from Rome to Shannon. The drama that unfolded was one of bravery, outstanding skill by the pilots and dogged persistence by the rescuers both at helm and in cockpit.

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Lines of the Tayleur

The Tayleur is known as the first Titanic. Sixty years before the Titanic, this White Star liner, technically the most advanced for her age. was lost on her maiden voyage. The design of “clipper ships” had reached its zenith. Tayleur incorporated innovations of its time. She was built of steel rather than wood (the misaligned compass was a factor in her loss) This article discusses her dimension and construction.

Talk-Sailing-25Feb15

This will be a fascinating lecture, full of the drama experienced by PAT and OLIVIA MURPHY those intrepid voyagers. The talk will be copiously illustrated with high quality photos. Tea and Coffee will be served before and after the talk.

Lecture 18Feb15 Trawling

Lecture by Cormac F. Lowth Trawling Under Sail in Dublin Bay Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire Wednesday February 18th at 8pm. Throughout the nineteenth century, and into the twentieth, a large fleet of wooden gaff-rigged sailing beam-trawlers existed in a largely unchanged state in Dublin Bay. Cormac F. Lowth has brought together a unique amount of information about these fishing boats and their crews, that includes details of the boats and the names of their crews, their methods of fishing and the building of the vessels