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An tAtlantach, a maritime blog

  • 05-02-2014 4:58pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭


    http://atlantach.wordpress.com/

    Hi,

    Please take a look at my new blog. I've 3 articles up which may be of interest to you guys. Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

    rgds,

    James


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭islanderre


    Looking forward to reading the blog jamesdiver.......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭jamesdiver


    Hi lads,

    Some new articles up lads. Feedback and discussion always welcome. Here is the latest one. Follow the link for the rest of the article and some images. If mods want me to post the lot here, I will, but handier to post a link! Its not commercial or anything.

    http://atlantach.wordpress.com/

    The herring fishery, the king of the Claddagh and the lost village of Freeport, Bearna.
    Posted on February 15, 2014 by jamesdiver

    The pier in Bearna, a small village West of Galway was originally built by the industrious landlord Lynch in 1799. It was redeveloped on a larger scale later by the renowned engineer, Nimmo in 1822 to promote the growing herring fishery in the bay. Part of it was washed away in 1831 and rebuilt shortly after with a donation of £70 from the coast guard, whom had a station on the pier road at the time. The 1840 map of Galway shows Nimmos pier in all its glory, protecting the small fishing fleet from the SW gales. But more interestingly, it also shows a row of small dwellings, called Freeport (An Chéibh), along the shore, between the pier and Mags Boreen to the East. By the time the Ordnance Survey revised their maps, with their 25” series in the late 1800s, there was no sign of these buildings. So what happened to Freeport, and the herring industry that supported it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭jamesdiver


    Hi lads,

    Part II is up now, any comments or suggestions, feel free to post them here for discussion.

    thanks,

    James


    http://atlantach.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/the-herring-fishery-the-king-of-the-claddagh-and-the-lost-village-of-freeport-bearna-part-ii/


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