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To hell or to Connacht for dummies?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 6 older comments, and then…
• derangedlemur said:

  It's gotten a bit rusty. www.google.ie/maps/@53.1937095,-7.9929883,3a,39.1y,103.85...

• derangedlemur said:

  Between the 1830s and 1900, they moved the drawbridge from the west bank to the east bank: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,600451,715792,11,7 maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,600451,715792,11,9 Also interesting is that they felt the need to fortify the river with a 4-gun battery this far upstream. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,600253,715574,11,7 (Streetview www.google.ie/maps/@53.1903356,-7.9958664,3a,75y,337.81h,...)

• beachcomber australia said:

  17 January 1963 was a Thursday.

• derangedlemur said:

  beachcomber australia What, even in Offaly?

• beachcomber australia said:

  Mr French / Lawrence took a terrific series of photos of the steamer 'Countess Cadogan' going under the swing bridge (just), and steaming off into the distance ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000042760 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000321566 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000321567 Details of the boat - heritageboatassociation.ie/cms/index.php?option=com_conte... Ed. ... and more photos of the 'Countess Cadogan' - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332835 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332837 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000541270 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000541268