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12Nov
In chronological order, this shipwreck story has its genesis in Norway, when a timber built steamer slid down the ways in the chocolate box town, Tvedestrand, 1920, as, DS Bjornvik. Her name was changed the same year to Hill, and she operated in Scandinavian waters and the North Sea until 1940. Cutting a lot […]
20Dec
Author’s Note – The greater part of the following story was included in an earlier work, primarily concerned with the operations of German submarines in Irish waters during WWI. The subject matter herein was not considered ‘relevant’ to the main body of work and was deleted from the remainder of my book, U-boat Alley, published […]
26Apr
All Measures Necessary – Where They a Success? There has been few events in history that one can point to and say, ‘they changed the world’. ‘Change’ in this case, meaning profound or even philosophical. There were many, after which the world did change, but over a very long period, like the onset of […]
12Nov
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 […]
