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Life of William Douglass M.Inst.C.E
LIFE OF WILLIAM DOUGLASS M.INST.C.E. FORMERLY ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF IRISH LIGHTS BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF SIR JAMES NICHOLAS DOUGLASS, F.R.S." PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION 1923 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Birth; ancestry; father enters the service of the Trinity House; history and functions of that body CHAPTER II Early years; engineering apprenticeship; the Bishop Rock lighthouses; the Scilly Isles; James Walker, F.R.S.; Nicholas Douglass; assistant to the latter; dangers of rock lighthouse construction; resident engineer at the erection of the Hanois Rock lighthouse. CHAPTER III James Douglass re-enters the Trinity House service and is appointed resident engineer at the new Smalls lighthouse; the old lighthouse and its builder; a tragic incident thereat; genius and talent. CHAPTER IV James Douglass appointed to erect the Wolf Rock lighthouse; work commenced; death of Mr. Walker; James then becomes chief engineer to the Trinity House; William succeeds him at the Wolf. CHAPTER V Difficulties and dangers encountered in the erection of the Wolf lighthouse; zeal and courage of the resident engineer; reminiscences illustrating those qualities. CHAPTER VI Description of the Wolf lighthouse; professional tributes on its completion; tremor of rock towers life therein described in graphic and cheery verses; marriage. CHAPTER VII Resident engineer at the erection of a lighthouse on the Great Basses Reef; first attempts to construct a lighthouse thereat William Douglass's achievement description of tower; a lighthouse also erected by him on the Little Basses Reef; pre-eminent fitness of the brothers Douglass for such enterprises. CHAPTER VIII Appointed engineer-in-chief to the Commissioners of Irish Lights; three generations of the Douglasses and Stevensons as lighthouse builders; William Tregarthen Douglass; Robert Louis Stevenson. -
Audit Maritime Collections 2006 709Kb
AN THE CHOMHAIRLE HERITAGE OIDHREACHTA COUNCIL A UDIT OF M ARITIME C OLLECTIONS A Report for the Heritage Council By Darina Tully All rights reserved. Published by the Heritage Council October 2006 Photographs courtesy of The National Maritime Museum, Dunlaoghaire Darina Tully ISSN 1393 – 6808 The Heritage Council of Ireland Series ISBN: 1 901137 89 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Objective 4 1.2 Scope 4 1.3 Extent 4 1.4 Methodology 4 1.5 Area covered by the audit 5 2. COLLECTIONS 6 Table 1: Breakdown of collections by county 6 Table 2: Type of repository 6 Table 3: Breakdown of collections by repository type 7 Table 4: Categories of interest / activity 7 Table 5: Breakdown of collections by category 8 Table 6: Types of artefact 9 Table 7: Breakdown of collections by type of artefact 9 3. LEGISLATION ISSUES 10 4. RECOMMENDATIONS 10 4.1 A maritime museum 10 4.2 Storage for historical boats and traditional craft 11 4.3 A register of traditional boat builders 11 4.4 A shipwreck interpretative centre 11 4.5 Record of vernacular craft 11 4.6 Historic boat register 12 4.7 Floating exhibitions 12 5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 5.1 Sources for further consultation 12 6. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RECORDED COLLECTIONS 13 7. MARITIME AUDIT – ALL ENTRIES 18 1. INTRODUCTION This Audit of Maritime Collections was commissioned by The Heritage Council in July 2005 with the aim of assisting the conservation of Ireland’s boating heritage in both the maritime and inland waterway communities. 1.1 Objective The objective of the audit was to ascertain the following: -
Roinn Cosanta. Bureau of Military History, 1913-21
ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS. DOCUMENT NO. W.S. 1529. Witness Patrick Wilcox. Goleen, Co. Cork. Identity. O/C Lisagriffin Coy., Schull Battn.; 0/C, Training, Cork 111 Bde., I.R.A. Subject. Activities of Lisagriffin Coy. & Schull Battn. Column, Co. Cork, 1919-1922. Conditions, if any, Stipulated by Witness. Nil. File No S.2834. Form B.S.M.2 STATEMENT BY PATRICK WILCOX, Goleen. Co. Cork. I was born at Letter, Goleen, on March 10th 1892. My parents: were farmers. I was educated. at Lisagriffin National School until I reached the age of 15 years. When I left school I went to work on the farm at home. I joined the Royal Irish Constabulary in July, 1913, and having undergone a course of training at the Depot I was detailed for duty in North Clare. I served, in this area until I resigned from the R.I.C., on the conscription issue, on June 10th 1918. 1 then returned home. The organisation of the Volunteers in Goleeh area commenced in the summer of 1919. The organiser was Seán Lehane of Scart, Bantry. The. strength of the company in the early stages was about thirty. As the year progressed the membership increased. to about fifty. The first O/C of the unit was James. O'Mahoney, Goleen, The principal activities in the early stages were military training in close and extended order drill, manoeuvres, the care and use of firearms and organisation work. Early In 1920 Schull Battalion, which was the 7th Battalion, Cork lll Brigade, was organised by Seán Lehane. -
Heritage Bridges of County Cork
Heritage Bridges of County Cork Published by Heritage Unit of Cork County Council 2013 Phone: 021 4276891 - Email: [email protected]. ©Heritage Unit of Cork County Council 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Paperback - ISBN No. 978-0-9525869-6-8 Hardback - ISBN No. 978-0-9525869-7-5 Neither the authors nor the publishers (Heritage Unit of Cork County Council) are responsible for the consequences of the use of advice offered in this document by anyone to whom the document is supplied. Nor are they responsible for any errors, omissions or discrepancies in the information provided. Printed and bound in Ireland by Carraig Print inc. Litho Press Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland. Tel: 021 4883458 List of Contributors: (those who provided specific information or photographs for use in this publication (in addition to Tobar Archaeology (Miriam Carroll and Annette Quinn), Blue Brick Heritage (Dr. Elena Turk) , Lisa Levis Carey, Síle O‟ Neill and Cork County Council personnel). Christy Roche Councillor Aindrias Moynihan Councillor Frank O‟ Flynn Diarmuid Kingston Donie O‟ Sullivan Doug Lucey Eilís Ní Bhríain Enda O‟Flaherty Jerry Larkin Jim Larner John Hurley Karen Moffat Lilian Sheehan Lynne Curran Nelligan Mary Crowley Max McCarthy Michael O‟ Connell Rose Power Sue Hill Ted and Nuala Nelligan Teddy O‟ Brien Thomas F. Ryan Photographs: As individually stated throughout this publication Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi Licence number 2013/06/CCMA/CorkCountyCouncil Unauthorised reproduction infringes Ordnance Survey Ireland and Government of Ireland copyright. -
Irish Landscape Names
Irish Landscape Names Preface to 2010 edition Stradbally on its own denotes a parish and village); there is usually no equivalent word in the Irish form, such as sliabh or cnoc; and the Ordnance The following document is extracted from the database used to prepare the list Survey forms have not gained currency locally or amongst hill-walkers. The of peaks included on the „Summits‟ section and other sections at second group of exceptions concerns hills for which there was substantial www.mountainviews.ie The document comprises the name data and key evidence from alternative authoritative sources for a name other than the one geographical data for each peak listed on the website as of May 2010, with shown on OS maps, e.g. Croaghonagh / Cruach Eoghanach in Co. Donegal, some minor changes and omissions. The geographical data on the website is marked on the Discovery map as Barnesmore, or Slievetrue in Co. Antrim, more comprehensive. marked on the Discoverer map as Carn Hill. In some of these cases, the evidence for overriding the map forms comes from other Ordnance Survey The data was collated over a number of years by a team of volunteer sources, such as the Ordnance Survey Memoirs. It should be emphasised that contributors to the website. The list in use started with the 2000ft list of Rev. these exceptions represent only a very small percentage of the names listed Vandeleur (1950s), the 600m list based on this by Joss Lynam (1970s) and the and that the forms used by the Placenames Branch and/or OSI/OSNI are 400 and 500m lists of Michael Dewey and Myrddyn Phillips. -
A Bridge Rehabilitation Strategy Based on the Analysis of a Dataset of Bridge Inspections in Co. Cork
Munster Technological University SWORD - South West Open Research Deposit Masters Engineering 1-1-2019 A Bridge Rehabilitation Strategy Based on the Analysis of a Dataset of Bridge Inspections in Co. Cork Liam Dromey Cork Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: https://sword.cit.ie/engmas Part of the Civil Engineering Commons, and the Structural Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Dromey, Liam, "A Bridge Rehabilitation Strategy Based on the Analysis of a Dataset of Bridge Inspections in Co. Cork" (2019). Masters [online]. Available at: https://sword.cit.ie/engmas/3 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Engineering at SWORD - South West Open Research Deposit. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters by an authorized administrator of SWORD - South West Open Research Deposit. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering A Bridge Rehabilitation Strategy based on the Analysis of a Dataset of Bridge Inspections in Co. Cork. Liam Dromey Supervisors: Kieran Ruane John Justin Murphy Brian O’Rourke __________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract A Bridge Rehabilitation Strategy based on the Analysis of a Dataset of Bridge Inspections in Co. Cork. Ageing highway structures present a challenge throughout the developed world. The introduction of bridge management systems (BMS) allows bridge owners to assess the condition of their bridge stock and formulate bridge rehabilitation strategies under the constraints of limited budgets and resources. This research presents a decision-support system for bridge owners in the selection of the best strategy for bridge rehabilitation on a highway network. The basis of the research is an available dataset of 1,367 bridge inspection records for County Cork that has been prepared to the Eirspan BMS inspection standard and which includes bridge structure condition ratings and rehabilitation costs. -
Skibbereen Area, (Including Abbeystrewey), Quaker, Church of Ireland and Methodist, Births, 1639- - Sheet1
Skibbereen area, (including Abbeystrewey), Quaker, Church of Ireland and Methodist, Births, 1639- - Sheet1 The Abbeystrewey Records transfered from old Register in great decay 1834 by Rev. R.B. Townsend Date Name Parents Married Ann Winthrop 1612 in Dexbury, 1591 Henry Hoskins Aughadown Mass USA Ancestry Letter from Richard Boyle to Mr. Willey November 1633 asking him to send money to Newman for the Thomas Newman, use of Abraham Richess and Pre 1590 Baltimore,. Thomas Watson, Merchant. Dublin Boyle Papers, Dr. Casey Sir william Hull and Elizabeth Cochran or Cockerham of Exeter, married Frances Captain William Bennett, their son Thomas his daughter 1605 Hull Leamcon Frances married William Symms Linda Hull, Coomkeen. Merchant presented petition with Henry Becher 1641 to House of Commons re Pre 1610 Richard White Baltimore forts Dives Downes describes him 1700 'a 4 Protestant families in Schull Pre 1630 John Prouce Schull and Kilmoe good old man' parish clerk 1700 Children Henry, Michael, John, Lionel, Susan, Edward, brothers in law Henry Turner, Richard/ Turner, John Landlords Aughadown Colonel Roberts Esq. Becher Aide-de Camp to William Eminent for Justice Ultimate heir Colonel Thomas Died 1708 buried Aughadown with widow of Orange at Battle of Boyne and love of his kinsman Francis 1639 Becher she died 1720 also Michael Elizabeth 1690 country' Becher, Tallow Issued tokens in lieu of coinage c1640 William Prigg Baltimore presumably merchant Ann 2nd April, John 17th Fbruary 1658, Esther 8th January 1659, Thomas 9th April 1662, Mary 14th April 1666, James 5th November 1668, Elizabeth 13th July May be relatrd to Cork Fenn 1668, Benjamin Quakers Records in Dr. -
National Survey and Assessment of the Conservation Status of Irish Sea Cliffs
NNaattiioonnaall ssuurrvveeyy aanndd aasssseessssmmeenntt ooff tthhee ccoonnsseerrvvaattiioonn ssttaattuuss ooff IIrriisshh sseeaa cclliiffffss Irish Wildlife Manuals No. 53 National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs October 2011 Simon Barron, Aoife Delaney, Philip Perrin, James Martin & Fionnuala O’Neill. Botanical Environmental & Conservation Consultants Ltd. 26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street Dublin 2. In association with Citation: Barron, S.J., Delaney, A., Perrin, P.M., Martin, J.R. & O’Neill, F.H. (2011). National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 53. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland. Cover photo: Arklow Head © Simon Barron The NPWS Project Officer for this report was: Karen Gaynor; [email protected] Irish Wildlife Manuals Series Editors: N. Kingston & F. Marnell © National Parks and Wildlife Service 2011 ISSN 1393 – 6670 Irish sea cliffs survey _________________ Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Sea cliffs in -
We Started the Year on the New World, at Charleston in South Carolina, and Ended It in the Old World at Falmouth, UK
We started the year on the New World, at Charleston in South Carolina, and ended it in the Old World at Falmouth, UK. In between, we’ve covered 6,281 nautical miles, made our second Atlantic crossing, and have now travelled 65,720 nm on Dirona. We arrived into Charleston, South Carolina on New Year’s Day and spent a great three weeks there. We explored the city by tender, bicycle and on foot, including a tour of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. The city lived up to its reputation for excellent food and we even managed to catch a couple of hockey games while in town. From Charleston we worked south to Daytona with stops at upscale Hilton Head Island, laid-back Brunswick, beautiful Cumberland Island and historic St. Augustine, witnessing first-hand the devastation wreaked by Touring the USS Yorktown in Charleston, SC. Hurricane Mathew in October of 2016. During our six-week stay in Daytona we went to the boat shows in Miami, enjoyed the season opener for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car racing, “The Greatest Show on Dirt!”, joined the 500,000 other attendees at the 76th annual Bike Week motorcycle Attending the Daytona 500. event, and spent four super- exciting days at Daytona International Speedway for the Anchored off Castillo de San Marcos in St. Daytona 500 and supporting Augustine, FL. events. Our next stop was Newport, Rhode Island to stage for our Atlantic crossing to Ireland. We arrived in early April as the docks were just going back in the water after winter and had the marina pretty much to ourselves during our entire five-week stay. -
Mizen Ring Gives You the Chance to Immerse Yourself in the Various Strands That Make the Mizen Unique
Goleen, Crookhaven and Mizen The Mizen Peninsula, at Ireland’s most southwesterly point, is worldwide renown for the beauty of its rugged landscape and ancient heritage. A tour of the Mizen Ring gives you the chance to immerse yourself in the various strands that make the Mizen unique. From geology, flora, birds and fauna to the influence of man and his history on the landscape. Travelling west from Schull you drive along the bog road built originally in the eighteenth century to carry butter to Cork for export to the new colonies. TOORMORE As you approach Toormore on your left you will see the Altar Dolmen, a neolithic tomb. On the right just after that is The Altar Church built during the Famine as relief work. In the grounds of the Altar Restaurant a recent find was a Wedge Tomb from the Bronze Age. GOLEEN You continue on through the townlands of Kealfadda, Ballyrisode and Ballydevlin until you reach Goleen. This village was built during the nineteenth century at a crossroads where a cattle fair was held. You will see that the street is very wide and all the houses were originally built as shops. There is a hidden harbour down to the left in the village, which gives the village its name ‘Goilin’, ‘little inlet’. Although the harbour dries at low tide, giving great feeding for a variety of wildlife including a fox and a pheasant, there is a deepwater quay at the entrance to accommodate fishing boats and yachts. CROOKHAVEN Crookhaven Harbour is as picturesque as it was useful being a large sheltered harbour. -
Sacred Space. a Study of the Mass Rocks of the Diocese of Cork and Ross, County Cork
Sacred Space. A Study of the Mass Rocks of the Diocese of Cork and Ross, County Cork. Bishop, H.J. PhD Irish Studies 2013 - 2 - Acknowledgements My thanks to the University of Liverpool and, in particular, the Institute of Irish Studies for their support for this thesis and the funding which made this research possible. In particular, I would like to extend my thanks to my Primary Supervisor, Professor Marianne Elliott, for her immeasurable support, encouragement and guidance and to Dr Karyn Morrissey, Department of Geography, in her role as Second Supervisor. Her guidance and suggestions with regards to the overall framework and structure of the thesis have been invaluable. Particular thanks also to Dr Patrick Nugent who was my original supervisor. He has remained a friend and mentor and I am eternally grateful to him for the continuing enthusiasm he has shown towards my research. I am grateful to the British Association for Irish Studies who awarded a research scholarship to assist with research expenses. In addition, I would like to thank my Programme Leader at Liverpool John Moores University, Alistair Beere, who provided both research and financial support to ensure the timely completion of my thesis. My special thanks to Rev. Dr Tom Deenihan, Diocesan Secretary, for providing an invaluable letter of introduction in support of my research and to the many staff in parishes across the diocese for their help. I am also indebted to the people of Cork for their help, hospitality and time, all of which was given so freely and willingly. Particular thanks to Joe Creedon of Inchigeelagh and local archaeologist Tony Miller. -
The Goleen & District Community Council
Goleen & District Community Council Private LOTTO Draw GOLEEN & DISTRICT COMMUNITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER Numbers drawn: 1. 4. 22. SERVING THE MIZEN PENINSULA No Winner VOL: 11 WEEK 20 May 23 2019 Published every Thursday. €40 Laura O’Meara €20 Mary Hayes. Roisin Reidy. Sue Blackburn. Sellers Prize: O’Meara’s Goleen & District Community Council This week's jackpot: €3,150 Venue: Lobster Pot. On Monday 13th May, Goleen & District Caroline Sheehan: 086-864-2647 or Denis O’Neill: 086-821-3441 Community Council (GDCC) held their AGM in the If you 're not in, you can’t win! Community Centre in Goleen. Reports were heard Mass Times: Monday & Friday: Schull 9am. Tuesday & Thursday: Goleen from Chairperson Bernard O’ Sullivan, Secretary 10am. Wednesday: Ballydehob 10am. Saturday: Lowertown 8pm. Sunday: Owen Kelly, and Treasurer Denis O’ Neill. Ballydehob 9.30am, Schull 10.30am, Goleen 12 noon. The AGM is always a good time to look back over the past 12 months Church of Ireland Services: Sunday: Schull 10am, Altar, Toormore 11.30am, and reflect on the work of the council. The council could not run Ballydehob 11.30am. without community support through volunteering and supporting the Rosary: in Lowertown Church every Wednesday evening at 8pm for the month of May. lottery. The lottery is a major source of income for the council. Recent Deaths: Without the community support of purchasing tickets, we could not Peter McCarthy (Horse Island & London): On April 28th, 2019 peacefully in the presence of his loving family in London, pre-deceased by his wife Winnie, and dear father of Michael, Pe- provide services or run the community centre.