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Who pays the Ferryman?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Google van Tootle ?? - goo.gl/maps/ti0gV - the house with the white chimney behind and below. Best seen from the other side of the footbridge which was presumably built to replace the ferry.
  • DannyM8 said:
    It was December 1806 before the canal reached Mullingar..................Passengers travelling between Dublin and Mullingar in 1807 were charged 12/6d. for first class and 7/7d. for second class. The duration of the journey was twelve hours. Initially there were two sailings each day in each direction. www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography... I would have thought that twelve hours was a good deal.
  • John Spooner said:
    Nowhere near this end of the canal, but I liked this report in Freeman's Journal on August 18th 1843
    CAUTION TO BATHERS Between five and six o'clock yesterday evening, an hour in which the locality is much frequented by the public, two soldiers of the 72nd Highlanders proceeded to bathe in the Royal Canal, Blacquiere Bridge, Circular-road, to the great annoyance of numerous passengers. Mr. Falkner, of Mount Falkner, whose house is next to the place, promptly and most properly at once interfered, and gave the outragers of common decency in custody to the police.
    Thank goodness for Mr Falkner.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Greatdown Footbridge (no real info there, unfortunately).
  • Stuart said:
    Niall McAuley "1 mile and 4 furlongs long" - how quaint, should have said "1 and a half miles long" instead.

Dundrum Co. Down.

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  • Nigel Leyland said:
    Is that a Martello tower on the hill? If so, it narrows the potential locations down pretty thoroughly.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Nigel Leyland Nigle, if you click on the Nli Ref: link above you can go to our catalogue and zoom into the photograph, I had a look and I would not call it a Martello tower, that said, I am wrong about 50% of the time!
  • Nigel Leyland said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons You're right. There's a curtain wall and twin towers that look like a gatehouse to the right of the large circular tower. It's definitely a fortification of some sort.
  • B-59 said:
    Dundrum ?
  • derangedlemur said:
    B-59 Seems to be: goo.gl/maps/9sfvmCSkmMc9oZkq6

Waterfront Development at North Key Largo with "Plugged" Canal. Artificial Waterways May Not Exit Into the Ocean without Hard-To-Get State Permits. Developers Dig the Canals Anyway, and Buyers Can Hope That the "Plugs" Will Later Be Removed.

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