Fadó, Fadó, sular rugadh an abhainn is faide sa tir seo bhí tobar ann darbh ainm Tobar Connla, áit ina raibh naoi crainn coill ina seasamh timpeall a mbéal. Lig siad titim bhur cnó síos agus bhí na brádain sna tobar ag fanacht leo. Go leor daoine a chuala faoin dtobar, ó chuala siad faoin
June 2019,when it all began.6 boats took on the challenge of cruising from Athlone to Baltimore in West Cork.15 locations taken in on the way. Our journey began when we set off from Athlone down to Killaloe and on out through Ard Na Crusha Lock. Our first stop over was in Kilrush. Unfortunatly,due to bad
I’m not so much a member of the boaty community as a casual acquaintance. I can’t tie the nautical knots and I’m about as sure-footed on deck as a new-born giraffe. At one point, I may have thought the star-board was the plank pirates made you walk but I never turn up without a case
Cocooning in my garden, in brilliant sunshine, in thought -why does the Rogerstown Estuary in front of my house not reflect the blue of the sky like in Greece all those years ago?; 1963; memorable for the deaths of J.F. Kennedy and Pope John XXll 1… In my reverie I drift back in time ……
After the sudden heavy rains that August, the little river that meanders through the suburbs from Deansgrange in Dublin out to Killiney Bay swelled to a torrent along the narrow culvert through the railway embankment. Tearing its way across the shingle to the sea, it had carved a deep channel with steep sides at least
It is Sunday and our family are going on a picnic. Preparations begin on Saturday when tarts or buns are baked. My older sisters help my mother make sandwiches with a variety of fillings. Our house is on the Dublin Road in Limerick City and we cross it to reach the by-road that leads to
I’m from the Cuilcagh Mountains, a wild and beautiful place – or really, I’m from the skies where I was a droplet in clouds. It was wonderful, looking down on the world and seeing so much so clearly – and with my fellow droplets, we floated and sometimes scudded across the sky. The day came
A conversation with Jean Montgomery. She was a paddler. Not a rower, a paddler! She paddled a kayak. It started with a beginner’s course on the River Liffey. October and icy mists swirled on the water’s surface; airborne eddies, wrapping around trees, appearing, and disappearing. Wobbling in general purpose canoes, the small group drifted down
Conor O’Loughlen Lord of Gleninagh Castle and Prince of the Burren had for all of his life spent as much time as possible on the Rynne Peninsula, walking, reading and watching the wildlife and in summer swimming with the seals. Once while walking at the end of the Rynne he saw cattle grazing, some honey
My late father Michael Butler was the lock-keeper at Upper Tinnahinch Lock, Graiguenamanagh for 52 years. My siblings Kay, Mary, Lar, Jim and I have great memories growing up in the Lock House. My special memory is when my father fished for silver eels at the Lock gate. The eel season began in autumn and
We have cousins all over the country. They’re in towns, villages and on the mountain tops, but we know we’re water babies and just love the life we share here on the Royal. Oh, I better give it it’s full name while I introduce myself to you! It’s the ‘Royal Canal’ and we’re here nearly
Our ancestors moved in around 1792 and made their way from Dublin to Longford as each lock was built. Sionnach, our family name, and Sionna, his wife, were the first red foxes in the area and by 1817, when the canal was fully operational, they were in every square mile of it. I have my
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