boats in ireland

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Donegal Fisherman (6253353918), Donegal, Ireland

Donegal Fisherman (6253353918), Donegal, Ireland

A fisherman with his Currach at Ardara, Co. Donegal. Cannot for the life of me explain why, but I find the stance of the second man behind very appealing - something to do with the angle of his head perhaps... ... More

Boats moored by a harbour, in an unknown location (probably Schull, Co Cork) (21369499706)
Exemption Licence at the Anchor Hotel in Moville, Co. Donegal (10588262805)

Exemption Licence at the Anchor Hotel in Moville, Co. Donegal (1058826...

Don't think we've come across one of these newfangled exemption licences before, have we? Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin Date: Circa 1905? (Definitely pos... More

Exemption Licence at the Anchor Hotel in Moville, Co. Donegal (10588262805)

Exemption Licence at the Anchor Hotel in Moville, Co. Donegal (1058826...

Don't think we've come across one of these newfangled exemption licences before, have we? Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin Date: Circa 1905? (Definitely pos... More

No. 2 Dredger... (10666533056), Dublin, Ireland

No. 2 Dredger... (10666533056), Dublin, Ireland

... a-dredging in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford. Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin Date: Between circa 1906 and 1914 NLI Ref.: L_CAB_08581

No. 2 Dredger... (10666533056), Dublin, Ireland

No. 2 Dredger... (10666533056), Dublin, Ireland

... a-dredging in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford. Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin Date: Between circa 1906 and 1914 NLI Ref.: L_CAB_08581

Party of ten Castlelough House, now Lake Hotel, Killarney (17143870246)
Party of ten Castlelough House, now Lake Hotel, Killarney (17143870246)
Riverfront with crowds quays and Adelphi Hotel Waterford 1903 (6222126721)
Riverfront with crowds quays and Adelphi Hotel Waterford 1903 (6222126721)
Traffic Jam (6688754263), Shannon at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Traffic Jam (6688754263), Shannon at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Barges and boats jockeying for position at the lock at the weir on the Shannon at Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Here's an interesting post on the Irish Waterways History site about this lock and its mechanics... Date... More

Uh oh! (8661712101)

Uh oh! (8661712101)

More maritime misadventure for you today - this time in the harbour at Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Date: Circa October 1886 NLI Ref.: L_ROY_00416

Unidentified = Eel Weir taken from Town Bridge in Athlone, Co. Westmeath (7608330670)
Dismasted and abandoned. - Flickr - National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Dismasted and abandoned. - Flickr - National Library of Ireland on The...

It seems a long time since we posted a Clonbrock photograph! This one shows a sailing ship, sans masts, in a wide bay somewhere in Connemara. To me it looks a bit bedraggled and abandoned? Photographers: Dil... More

Brandy Hall Bridge near Castletown-Berehaven, Co Cork

Brandy Hall Bridge near Castletown-Berehaven, Co Cork

This lovely shot of a house with a shop and a bridge over a river at an unknown location should make for an interesting quest for our intrepid Flickroonies! Photographer: Fergus O'Connor Collection: Fergus O'Co... More

Boat Harbour at Rockingham (6452712049)

Boat Harbour at Rockingham (6452712049)

National Library of Ireland Collection

Three Boys in a Boat... (6788679579)

Three Boys in a Boat... (6788679579)

... to say nothing of the dog that's probably somewhere in this photo (with apologies to Jerome K. Jerome)! Taken at the Boyne Bridge in Navan, Co. Meath. Date: Circa 1890 NLI Ref.: L_CAB_08168

Port Soderic, Hotel (18258210934)

Port Soderic, Hotel (18258210934)

National Library of Ireland Collection - A black and white photo of a beach, A black and white photograph of a small house on a cliff overlooking a body of water, The church on the beach, ca, A black and white ... More

Ross Castle, Killarney, Co. Kerry (5929025491)

Ross Castle, Killarney, Co. Kerry (5929025491)

Ross Castle was built around the late 15th century, and is now a heritage site open to visit from March to October. Date: Circa 1875 NLI Ref.: STP_0083

4 Bear us swiftly, Boat of Mananan, to the Garden of the Hesperides

4 Bear us swiftly, Boat of Mananan, to the Garden of the Hesperides

"Bear us swiftly, Boat of Mananan, to the Garden of the Hesperides" The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland, by T. W. Rolleston, et al, Illustrated by Stephen Reid

Little harbour near Tramore Ireland

Little harbour near Tramore Ireland

Along the south coast of Ireland you can find little harbours like this one near Tramore. Author: Wim Stam