Arklow

The Research vessel KEARY at Arklow

The tender ALERT and KEARY at Arklow

20/05/09

Arklow

The RNLI Relief fleet Trent Class Lifeboat RNLB DORA FOSTER MCDOUGALL approaches Arklow

The RNLI lifeboat enters the harbour as a wave crashes over the pier , it's the first time l have seen a vessel enter the port in bad weather. 

SALTEES TERN and CHLOE B shelter in Arklow harbour

EMERALD GRATIA and MARIA LENA alongside the lightship in Arklow

The cruiser ALIDA alongside WINDCAT 2 at Arklow

16/05/09

Arklow 

NAUSICAA at Arklow

The research vessel KEARY on the quay at Arklow , she had only just been lifted out of the water for overhaul , a few weeks ago she was seen working in Wicklow bay.

05/05/09

Wexford

Bank Holiday Monday in Wexford for a Model and Transport exhibition , the show was very good with plenty of model railways , remote control planes /boats and aircraft kits etc on display . Including  2 great diorama's of KERLOGE and LE MACHA

KERLOGUE passes Roches Point with German Navy survivor's onboard , click here to read the story of this vessel during World War 2 

The tricolour and Eire on the side of the vessel was to show she was neutrual and stop aircraft or submarines from sinking her

The KERLOGUE also visited Wicklow port and was possibly skippered for a while by a Wicklow Captain !

A Irish navel service Patrol vessel M4

Another fantastic model this time of LE MACHA one of 3 ex Royal navey Flowere class ships operated by the Irish Navy at Dublin port,

13/04/09

Dublin

Air traffic over Dublin Zoo..

11/04/09

Arklow

Island Shipping's HUSKY and the work vessel WIND CAT II at Arklow

NIMROD at Arklow , sadly another decommisioning !

The Belgian Beam trawler STORMVOGEL at Arklow

06/04/09

Dun Laoghaire

Dun Laoghaire RNLI lifeboat RNLB ANNA LIVIA and the inshore lifeboat house

The automated lightship GANNET at Dun Laoghaire , a few weeks previous she was permantly withdrawn from the South Rock and replaced by a new bouy. The last lightship in service with 'Irish Lights'. She is now for sale.

Click here for details

The tanker PRIMULA at anchor off Dun Laoghaire

TAERNVIK

04/04/09

West Coast

LE CIARA at Galway .

Check the Salthill Airshow website for details of the Red Arrow's display here

28/04/09

Arklow

Trent Class RNLI Lifeboat RNLB INNER WHEEL II ( BARRY Dock ) during a overnight stop at Arklow dock

Arklow's RNLB GER TIGGHLAAR on station

The fishing vessel NAUSICAA at Arklow

21/03/09

The South East

New Ross

ALLEGRETTO

2006

FINGAL

Ex KIRSTEN 2004

The replica sailing ship DUNBRODY

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New Ross

Waterford

The Coast Guard s61 rescue helicopter EI-RCG on station at Waterford Airport

Dunmore East

Dunmore East harbour

CREDAN LADY , GREEN ISLE and ENDEAVOUR

PAUL STEPHEN and PARAIC SEOSAMH

DRIEGEBROEDERS

GREEN ISLE

ALMADIEP

Built 2003

For details click here

 EIDER at anchor off Dunmore East. Operated by Erwin Strahlmann 

 'Rhein' class vessel

Click here for details of the Strahlmann Fleet

Dunmore East RNLI Trent Class Lifeboat RNLB Elizabeth and Ronald

The Memorial Park dedicated to mariners lost in the area

PARAIC SEOSAMH goes to sea

Every March a ceremony is held to remember those lost at sea..

Hook head 

Hook Lighthouse is a unique example of an almost intact medieval lighthouse. It dates from the early 13th century and was a major feat at the time of itsconstruction.Purpose built as a lighthouse, it has served sailors and shipping for 800 years, apart from a short closure during the 17th century. It is thought to be one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world. When the Tower of Hook became fully automated in 1996 and no longer needed resident keepers, it was decided to celebrate its uniqueness by opening it to the public. Hook Head wild and elemental, tranquil and serene, in its serenity hides the treachery which awaits unsuspecting mariners, little wonder that William Marshal earl of Pembrokeshire undertook the building of the lighthouse in the early 13th century as a navigational aid to guide his ships into Waterford Harbour. The tower has close affinities to Marshal castles at Ferns, at Kilkenny and at Pembroke in Wales. It appears to have been modelled on freestanding, cylindrical stone keeps known as "Juliets" which were popular in Wales and France during the early 13th century.

The Hook website click here

The Passage East Car Ferry Company serves Ballyhack in Co. Wexford from Passage East in East Waterford, near Waterford and Dunmore East

website click here

Rosslare Ferryport

Celtic link's DIPLOMAT at Rosslare

One of 11 vessels in the Stena Searunner series, the vessel spent her early life in service with Finnlines and Atlanticargo. She joined P&O in 1980 sailing between Felixstowe and Europoort as the BALTIC FERRY. Following service with the Falklands Task Force, she was rebuilt to carry 600 passengers from Felixstowe and Zeebrugge, and renamed the PRIDE of SUFFORK in 1992. The extra passenger accomadation was removed when the Zeebrugge route closed in 1995 and she returned to the Europort service as a freight ship untill 2001, when she was renamed the EUROPEAN DIPLOMAT and moved to the Irish Sea. In 2001 she took over P&O's Dublin-Liverpool run, and was switched to Rosslare for a trice weekly service to Cherbourg. She was brought by Cletic Link Ferries in 2004 to continue the route, and renamed DIPLOMAT

Celtic Link website click here

Hundreds of new cars at Rosslare , l wonder how many will be sold in the current climate !

16/03/09