Lectures on Sunday 31 August 2014 organised by Barney Yourell (Lectures Officer, Maritime Institute of Ireland) to be held in the Eblana Club as part of Heritage Week
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Irish Sea Symposium 19-20 Sept
The Irish Sea: History, Culture, Environment, 19-20 September 2014
What does the Irish Sea contribute to the lives of the people who inhabit its shores?
This Island Nation
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The Man in the Tank (Fear an Tanc)
A mystery, a rail tank wagon was washed ashore during the war. The tank contained a corpse
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The Naomh Éanna today
6 June 2014 The Naomh Éanna today [Naomh Éanna Trust] THE GROUP CAMPAIGNING to save former CIE ferry the Naomh Éanna from being scrapped appears to be making progress, having reached a deal to take over responsibility for the vessel with a number of other stakeholders or potential stakeholders involved in deciding her fate.… Continue reading The Naomh Éanna today
This Island Nation 7 May 2014
From: TOM MacSWEENEY Sent: 04 May 2014 15:52 Subject: THIS ISLAND NATION – THANK YOU Just a short note to thank you for the help and support given to me in returning to radio broadcasting and compiling THIS ISLAND NATION which has now settled down to an hour-long programme broadcast on the first Wednesday night… Continue reading This Island Nation 7 May 2014
Lecture: Cormac Lowth 16April2014
DUN LAOGHAIRE BOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BEGIN WITH A THIRTY MINUTE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE BY CORMAC F. LOWTH “THE SKETCHES OF MATTHEW KENDRICK” KINGSTON HOTEL, DUN LAOGHAIRE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH AT 8.00 P.M. SOME OF THE WATERCOLOUR SKETCHES OF DUBLIN MARINE ARTIST MATTHEW KENDRICK R.H.A. HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED AND MANY SHOW SCENES… Continue reading Lecture: Cormac Lowth 16April2014
Lecture Jim Kennedy 17April2014
MARITIME INSTITUTE OF IRELAND TALK BY CAPTAIN JIM KENNEDY. “TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF PILOTING IN DUBLIN BAY, A PERSONAL MEMOIR” STELLA MARIS SEAFARERS CLUB, BERESFORD PLACE, DUBLIN 1. (BEHIND THE CUSTOMS HOUSE) THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH. AT 8.00 P.M. JIM KENNEDY IS A MERCHANT MARINE CAPTAIN WHO HAS SPENT A LIFETIME AT SEA, INCLUDING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS… Continue reading Lecture Jim Kennedy 17April2014
Lecture 20 March 14
The development of an Irish Flower: HMS Oxlip to LE Maev Lecture in Stella Maris on 20 March 2014 at 8pm John Tracy will speak LE Maev served the Irish State for almost a quarter of a century, during some of the darkest periods of Irish naval policy. Suffering from a chronic lack of economic… Continue reading Lecture 20 March 14