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Steamboat, Lough Erne

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • KenjiB_48 said:
    I think I see a head of dark hair behind the chap in the white cap standing by the rail at the end of the gangplank...
  • Historical Front said:
    Wow! Very nice shot :)
  • La Belle Province said:
    Added my very own special custom tag, and thank you, Carol!
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    wow she must be near capacity
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Cavan Library has a little detail about the similar photo: "When the Great Northern Railway Service arrived in Belturbet in 1885, excursions were run from Dublin to Belturbet, passengers then boarded the S.S. Belturbet for a pleasure trip on Lough Erne. The boat, owned by J.G.V. Porter, was licenced to carry 174 passengers. Following Mr. Porter's death in 1903, the SS Belturbet was retired from service. In 1914, at the start of World War One, the steel hull was melted down for the war effort. " So this is between 1885 and 1903.

"Quays, Derry City, Co Derry" is actually Derrylin, Co Fermanagh

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview from the far side of the hotel.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    45 photos in this For Sale article (which might be gone when future generations view this page, but for now...)
  • derangedlemur said:
    I once made a snowman there. I drove to Enniskillen to see some snow (we'd none in Dublin) and stopped at this hotel to look at the lake. While I was there, I built a snowman as well. As per Niall's streetview, it seems to have melted.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Referenced previously here:
    Steamboat, Lough Erne

    "When it became clear that [a proposed steamboat passenger service] could not compete with the railway, [John Grey Vesey] Porter switched to tourism. In 1873, he opened a hotel and pier at Knockninny, a renowned beauty spot on the upper lake just north of Derrylin (fig 2.15). He redeployed the Knockninny and, from 1880, the Belturbet to ferry passengers from Enniskillen and for excursions on the Upper Lough. These services ceased with his death in 1903 and both vessels were scrapped during the first world war."
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mr French is teasing us ! He went for a walk up the hill behind the hotel ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323535 (same PoV as this) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000041566 (up a bit) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322390 (higher) catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000322388 (from the top?) And the reverse view with the hill Mr French went up ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323536 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334286