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The upper Barrow
Charlie Horan (of Go with the Flow, the canoe expedition specialists) left a comment on my post about Abbeyleix (below) saying I have some very very interesting pictures of the Barrow near source in...
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Buggering up the Barrow
Have you ever wondered, as you grounded on a sand bar or fought a current upstream, quite why the River Barrow is so challenging? Here is a confession (with photos) from the man wot done it — in 1931...
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Russells of Portarlington, timber merchants
I am indebted to Eleanor Russell for permission to reproduce four photos of the canal operations of Messrs Russells of Portarlington, timber merchants and sawmills operators. They used the Royal and...
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Portarlington and Mountmellick
I have added some photos and maps to the page about the Mountmellick Line of the Grand Canal. Thanks to Martin O’Shea for two of the photos.Filed under: Built heritage, Economic activities, Engineering...
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Grand water
Here is a page about the feeders that supplied water to the Grand Canal. There will soon be a page about the Royal Canal feeders; these will lead to an examination of the current and proposed supply of...
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Watering Dublin
Someone asked me recently about the progress of the scheme to supply Dublin with water from the Shannon. I had to confess that I haven’t been keeping up with the matter, because I don’t think it’s very...
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Canal carrying 1846: Dublin to Waterford
Lowtown is at the western end of the summit level of the Grand Canal; it thus has some claim to be the highest point on the canal. It is close to the village of Robertstown in County Kildare. Lowtown...
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