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Broadstone Luas works
Thanks to Niall Galway for these photos of work under way at the Broadstone for the new LUAS line. Filed under: Ashore, Built heritage, Canals, Economic activities, Engineering and construction,...
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Remember, remember the twenty-fifth of November
25 November 2015 will be the 170th anniversary of the sinking of the Royal Canal passage-boat Longford and the deaths of fifteen people. This was not (pace Ruth Delany in Ireland’s Royal Canal...
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Blessington Street basin
Blessington Street Basin (Michael Geraghty 2015) One of North Dublin’s less-well-known treasures, this is Blessington Street Basin, off the (former) Broadstone Line of the Royal Canal. Thanks to...
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REWARD — OUTRAGE
Whereas, on the Evening of Sunday, the 3d inst, several Men entered the Yard of the Royal Canal Company, at the Broadstone, and, with sledges (with which they came prepared), did break Ten Casks of...
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Holiday tours in Ireland VII
On Lough Derg There are two Lough Dergs in Ireland. One is in the County of Donegal, within four and a half miles of Pettigoe, and is celebrated for its St Patrick’s Purgatory. The lake is but six...
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The Lanesborough Trader
Inland Navigation The numerous individuals interested in the prosperity of the Royal Canal, as well as the Public at large, must be highly gratified to learn, that the trade on the extended line of...
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The opening of the Royal Canal
On 27 May 2017 the Royal Canal Amenity Group and Waterways Ireland are to commemorate the fact that In May 1817 the Royal Canal was officially opened from Dublin to the Shannon …. [Unfortunately I am...
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Aidan Herdman has left a comment on my page about the Broadstone Line of the Grand Canal and has included in it a link to a photograph of Phibsborough cubs/scouts standing at the Royal Canal dry dock....
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See here for a slightly more detailed view from 1847. The third dry dock, at the junction with the main line, is here. Mallett’s Insistent Pontoon is shown here marked “floating bridge”; the map also...
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Broadstone addition
Thanks to Pat Conneely for this photo of the Broadstone station and the Royal Canal. I’ve added it to my page on the Broadstone Line of the Royal Canal. The Broadstone station before the canal harbour...
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