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Newsletter Spring 2017 NATIONAL m a r it im e MUSEUM ^IRELAND NEWSLETTER Contents Page 2. The President Speaks - t i Richard McCormick. Page 3. Fishing from Dun Laoghaire in the 1960's. 3 V Ï Page 4. An Island Nation, Father Pat Mernagh Chaplain Defence Forces, Ireland. Page 5. Port Life, Van Mieghem Artist. Page 6. Memorial Services. % Page 7. Sinking of RMS Connaught - Philip Lecane. Page 8. Restoration of the "GUIDE ME II" Gun. Page 9. The Harry Callan Story. Page 10. Naval History. Page 11. Shipping News. Page 12. Capstone Project, Museum Report. Page 13. Carracks, history and pottery. Page 14. Radio Station Installation. Page 15 Fund Raising Report and Events Page 16. Spring into Heritage, Free Tours of the Museum 24th April - 14th June and Childrens Art Competition results. The high-angle Hotchkiss six pounder gun from '¿ s tf H.M. Drifter "GUIDE ME II". Built in Peterhead in 1907 and chartered by the Admiralty during World War One as a submarine chaser, she sank following a collision with S.S. "GLENGARRIF" one mile ESE of the Muglins, ■ * J m * close to Dalkey Island. r:-< Now restored it has been installed in the grounds in front of the National Maritime Museum. See story page 8. Biannual Newsletter of the Maritime Institute of Ireland. Published April 2017. Free for Members. Non Members €2.00. Edited by Pat Sweeney and Eoghan Ganly April 2017 Please Note: The views expressed in this Newsletter are those of the contributers and are not necessarily those of the Maritime Institute of Ireland. An Electronic copy of this Newsletter is available on the Website: www.mariner.ie email address: [email protected] Mariners Church, Haigh Tce., Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Telephones 01 2143 964 / 01 2800 969 President's Address Spring 2017 with their Culture & Creativity Plan; the Maritime Museum looks forward to working with his replacement. The highlight of 2016 was the Commemorative 1916 The ever popular 2017 'Spring into Heritage' campaign Maritime Exhibition and Lecture Programme reflecting Dr spearheaded by DLR's indefatigable James O'Sullivan fea­ John de Courcy Ireland's seminal book The Sea and the turing the Museum and other local heritage attractions, Easter Rising, funded by a €7,500 grant from Dun commences in April with an increasing emphasis on local Laoghaire Rathdown County Council under the auspices school tours. As part of its new Tourism and Marketing of the Ireland 1916 - 2016 Centenary Programme, hon­ Strategy the County Council recently issued a tender to ouring this iconic event leading to the birth of the new install a kiosk on The Metals to promote tourism and Irish Nation. The year also featured the authentic restora­ events in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, which will benefit tion of a Hotchkiss six pounder high-angle naval artillery the Museum and other local attractions. gun recovered by divers Brian MacAllister and Ivan Tunstead from the WW I Dun Laoghaire based submarine Throughout 2017, the Museum's exhibits will undergo chaser HM Drifter "Guide Me II" in 1990 which was numerous changes starting with the new Inland installed as a Decade of Commemorations display in front Waterways Association display and serious consideration of the National Maritime Museum funded by a €2,500 is being given to touch screen technology. The Library & DLR County Council Heritage Grant. Archive is now available for research and every week fields numerous maritime history and genealogy queries Following the election of a new Board of Directors at the and will shortly commence restoring the Institute's exten­ AGM on Guy Fawkes Day 2016, marine journalist Tom sive archival collection. Mac Sweeney, Professor John Brannigan UCD and Chartered Accountant Bill O'Leary were co-opted to the On a more sombre note, the tragic loss of the crew of Board in January 2017, further strengthening the Board's Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter 116 continues to rever­ expertise at a very challenging time for charities. berate throughout the entire maritime community. Twenty-seven Humanist and Civil weddings provided an The deaths last increasingly important revenue source during 2016 which year of Des propelled the Maritime Museum to the number two sec­ Brannigan, ular wedding venue slot in Dublin. A further twenty- President Emeritus seven weddings are already booked for 2017. These of the Maritime weddings would not be possible without the superlative Institute of Ireland efforts of the Museum's excellent Community (2000 - 2003), Employment staff led by CE Supervisor Declan Traynor Tom Moran, resi­ who each and every day address innumerable administra­ dent archaeologist tive, operational and maintenance issues to keep the and Captain Ralph Museum viable and celebrated the New Year by repaint­ Potts a founder ing the Museum's well-worn floor. member of the In January 2017, Minister Heather Humphreys, awarded Merchant Navy the Institute a 70% Department of Arts, Heritage, Association of Regional, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs grant of €49,705.00 Northern Ireland, under her Department's Creative Ireland Arts and Culture remind us of their Capital Scheme to fire proof the second half of the crypt contribution to to permit an increase in visitor capacity, install additional Ireland's maritime storage shelving, facilitate essential roof repairs, address heritage. Ar Dheis an ongoing sewer problem, reduce energy costs by Dé go raibh a n- installing LED lighting and install a new telephone system. anamacha dilse. It In addition, DLR County Council awarded a €4,000 was therefore Heritage grant to celebrate Dun Laoghaire Harbour's entirely appropri­ 2017 Bicentennial and host a display on the World War ate in the 75th Richard McCormick - President One U-boat campaign waged around the Irish coast and anniversary year of the foundation of the Maritime in the Irish Sea which peaked in 1917. Institute of Ireland, that the traditional wreath laying cer­ Tim Carey, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown's highly respected emony at the City Quay Memorial to Irish Seafarers was Heritage Officer recently left the County Council and the followed for the first time ever by a dignified Ecumenical Maritime Institute thanks him for all his assistance and Memorial Service in the Maritime Museum, concelebrat- advice and wishes him well in his new position. As the ed by Reverend Àsa Bjork Ólafsdóttir of Christ Church, Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural & Dun Laoghaire and Father Pat Mernagh, Defence Forces Gaeltacht Affairs 'Creative Ireland' policy requires Local Ireland. Authorities to establish a Director of Service led Culture Richard Mc Cormick Team with the primary objective of citizen engagement President 2 Fishing from Dun Laoghaire in the 1960's money and the sea often took its share in return for its bounty with tragic drownings of fishermen in Dun In the nineteenth century Dun Laoghaire was an active Laoghaire Harbour and elsewhere. fishing port and its vessels competed with Howth and Ringsend on the rich fishing grounds in Dublin Bay. Hard though it is to believe now, there was little interest Though the fishery subsequently declined, a revival in the in monkfish or prawns in Ireland until BIM cultivated a 1960's saw twenty or more trawlers operating from taste for them. Fish was regarded as Friday penance food Traders Wharf crewed by 4 - 6 men depending on the and consequently 100 or more wooden boxes of cod or demands of the fishery. Names such as Nordkap, whiting, gutted bare handed without gloves, earned little Vingafjiord, Quitte ou Double, Brasil and Vestkusten, more than £1 for a seven stone box (45 kg) less 2 shillings Nordhavet and Ville de Port Louis betray the origins of and sixpence transport to the Dublin Market and com­ some of these sturdy 60 - 80 foot wooden vessels mission. Nonetheless, fishermen usually earned more crewed by fishermen from all around Ireland and abroad. than shore workers, though converting effort to an The local fleet was augmented by visiting boats from hourly rate fishing in bad weather with accompanying Arklow, Wicklow and occasionally Kilmore Quay and lack of sleep, fatigue and bodily wear and tear, the wages Milford Haven, all of whom purchased supplies from Dun were hard earned. However, while white fish and prawns Laoghaire's shops while their crews regaled patrons of earned a fisherman a wage, the annual Dunmore East the Crofton Hotel, Cumberland Bar and Top Hat with winter herring fishery was the bonus as long as a deter­ their exploits. mined and lucky skipper invested in good quality fishing gear and drove his vessel and crew to their limits. Most vessels worked two to three day trips, heading north where the tides were slacker on soft level mud The accompanying photos of pioneering Dun Laoghaire seabed seeking whiting, haddock and prawns, or south skipper Brian Crummey's top earning sixty-five foot (20m) for prime fish such as cod, monkfish, sole, ray and skate Nordkap powered by a 230 HP Scania Vabis engine were and fishing in much stronger tides where the undulating taken in 1968. It is hard to believe that a viable fleet hard seabed damaged trawls and sand peaks and which sustained over 100 jobs in a port that once had the mounds of brittle stars stopped vessels in their tracks. fourth highest landings in Ireland had almost disappeared The nickname 'roaring forties' had a particular resonance by the 1980's, encouraged by the designation of Howth to those familiar with the early Decca Navigation System as a Fishery Harbour Centre and the mooring of the which often went berserk at night leaving boats fishing dredgers Sisyphus and Saxifrage end-for-end on Traders blind. Wrecks where fish congregated were prized sites Wharf making life difficult for fisherman. Now Howth has and considerable skill was required in strong tides to its Golden Mile of fish shops and restaurants on the West avoid losing or damaging gear.
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