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9Nov

Pirates & Smugglers ‘Tween Bray & Wicklow

‘Render Unto Caesar…’ The Christian Bible is clear – citizens must pay their taxes, just or unjust. Dogma is one thing, in practice, evading punitive taxes has been with us since the earliest success of both. Free-trading, free of taxes, comes in many guises today and is constantly responding to market […]

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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Coastguards, Diving, Dun Laoghaire, Free trading, Harbours and Piers, Harbours and Piers, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Merchants & Shipping, Rush, salvage, Shipwreck Treasure, Tales of Shipwreck, Underwater Heritage, Wicklow, Wreckers. Tags : Anthony Pluck, Arklow Bank, Aurora, Belgioioso, Belgioso, Black Dog, Black Prince, Brabazon, Brandy Hole, Bray Head, Bulloch, Castle View, Doctor Fry, Dwarf, Essex, Free-traders, Freetraders, Gary Paine, Grey stones, Habsburg, Harbour Bar, Irish Sea Smugglers, J.T.C., James Booth, John Castles and Mathew Knackler., John Connell, John Kelly, John McCabe, John Thomas Campion, Kilcoole, Killiney, Kilruddery, Kish Bank, Langrishe, Letter of Marque, Lord Meath, Loughrey, Luke Ryan, Mayflower, Michael Stanley, Murray, Nemesis, Pat Dowling, Patrick Grace, Pelter, Poolbeg, Preventative Water Guard, privateer Frienship, Ranger, Revenue cutter, Revenue men, Rush and Skerries, Sam's Coffee House, Slabbersludge, The Head, Thomas Gregory, Watch Guard, Wicklow Head, Windgates.

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12Nov

Battle Of The Piers

At 2.30 PM, Sunday, September 7, 1845, a large public meeting was convened at Kingstown [Note 1.], on the property of builder, James Nugent. The topic was Repeal of the Union, and a large crowd with a number of celebrated speakers attended. Among them was the colourful emancipationist, Thomas Steele, who stirred the crowd with […]

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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Chamber of Commerce, Coastguards, Diving, Dun Laoghaire, Emigrants and Famine, Harbours and Piers, Harbours and Piers, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Merchants & Shipping, Ouzel Galley, Planning, Politics, Uncategorized, Underwater Heritage. Tags : Barry Gibbons, Carlisle Hall, Carlisle pier, City of Dublin Steam Packet, Connaught Place, Daniel O'Connell, diver, Dunleary, Dunmoe, Frazer, Gibbons, Gibbons pier, Glasnevin, Harbour superintendent, Holyhead, Kellet, Kilrush, Kinsgtown, lifeboat house, Margaret Brew, Nimmo, Old Packet Pier, Public Works, Rendel, Royal Yacht Club, Thomas Steele, wexford, William Campbell.