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Planning permission quashed at historic Bullock Harbour

The planning appeals board has conceded to a Judicial Review brought by the Bullock Harbour Preservation Association regarding contentious development in the historic harbour, 14km south of Dublin.  The decision effectively quashes the planning…

PERICLES: mapping Ireland’s coastal and maritime heritage

Ireland’s unique seascapes and historically rich coastlines are being highlighted by Queen’s University Belfast in a major international coastal and maritime heritage project, PERICLES. Preserving and Sustainably Governing Cultural Heritage…

All in a Row on the River Liffey to raise funds for water charities

Teams of skiffs, kayaks, canoes and currachs aim to beat a one thousand kilometre marathon in eight hours on the River Liffey on Saturday, November 30, in the 2019 All in a Row event. All in a Row hope to exceed  last year's 1,000 km achievement…

State recognition of Ireland’s floating heritage

Irish heritage boats that have been restored, adapted and/or preserved, are to receive State recognition through inclusion in the National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The NIICH fulfills Ireland's obligation under the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Link to Lusitania returns to the Irish Sea after a 21-year restoration

Sailing through Dalkey Sound on Ireland’s east coast in a fresh southerly breeze (July 25), en route from her Connemara base to her original Isle of Man home of Peel, was the splendidly restored former Nobby fishing boat, Aigh Vie (‘Good luck’ in Manx Gaelic), owned by Dublin blacksmith and noted classic boat enthusiast, Paddy Murphy.
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Scattery Island awarded European Destination of Excellence

Scattery Island, Co Clare, is among 18 European destinations to receive the EDEN (European Destination of Excellence) Award in recognition as the Irish destination that has best used its local tangible cultural assets to grow visitor numbers.

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The EDEN competition takes place every two years along a shared theme in a different EU country and is designed to encourage and promote a more sustainable form of tourism development.

Paddy Mathews of Fáilte Ireland who manages the competition in Ireland, said the initiative provides a platform for “international recognition for destinations such as Scattery Ireland which has a unique tourism offering”.

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Haulbowline Lighthouse centenary commemoration

A six-week project that began on July 30 to illuminate Haubowline Lighthouse at the entrance to Carlingford Lough, marked the centenary year of a disaster described as ‘the worst in living memory’.

A heritage trail from Kilkeel through Mourne into South Armagh and the Cooley Peninsula, culminated in a major programme in Newry on November 3.

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The legacy will be the creation of the heritage trail, improved cross community and cross border relations and raising awareness of the tragedy, according to the Newry Maritime Association.

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Inaugural King’s Island river race

Inaugural King's Island river race
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Ilen journeys closer to open water

Progress continues on the restoration of Ilen – the last of Ireland’s traditional wooden sailing ships.

Designed by Conor O’Brien and built in Baltimore, Co Cork in 1926, she was delivered to the Falkland Islands where she served for seventy years, enduring the Roaring Forties, the Furious Fifties and Screaming Sixties.

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Brought back to Ireland by Gary McMahon in 1997, Ilen is being painstakingly restored, beginning this journey in Liam Hegarty’s boatyard in Oldcourt, West Cork, where shaken oak frames were replaced with Bavarian larch, fixed with bronze.