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9Aug
‘The Most Abandoned Villains of Wexford’ Some say it’s the deep sounding whoosh from the revolving blades of the enormous turbines at Carnsore Point, in county Wexford. But when they rest, others will offer; it’s the confusion of winds that can blow around this large expanse of low lands, a place of prolonged periods of […]
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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Arklow, Cahore, Coastguards, Diving, droits of admiralty, History of Wexford, Liverpool, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Tales of Shipwreck. Tags : Arklow, Arklow Bank, Ballygarret, Ballyvaloo, Cahore, Calypso, Carnsore, coastguard, courtown, Crossgadden, Cuscadden, Donaghmore, Eliza, Famne, glascarrig, Glassgorman, Gregory O'Neills, Harbour Bar, Hottingeur, INFOMAR, Irish Channel, irrawaddy, J R Skiddy, John R Skiddy, Liverpool, Masons, Mitten, Mizen Head, Motte & Bailey, Pearl, Prince Albert, Redmond, shipley, Skiddy, spooner sands & Co, strand bar, Tapscott, The Folly, walshe, wexford, Wicklow, wreck, wreck auction, wrecker.
15Apr
Local Wexford people know it as the, ‘Graveyard of a Thousand Ships’. There are that many lost ships there, and probably some more. The primary reason for such a large amount of unfortunate losses is quite simple – traffic. This part of Ireland represents a major crossroads for shipping, of increased importance, and more fatal […]
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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Diving, History of Wexford, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Norman Way, Tales of Shipwreck, Uncategorized. Tags : Adonis, Armstrong, Balaclava, Bargy, Blakely, Bray Head, captain Hunt, Captain Smith, Carn, Carnagh, Carne, Carnsore, Castletown, Ceres, Chour, City of London, Codling, Coninbeg, Cross, Doyles, Duddliston, Fintan, Forth, Fourpence, Fudge, georges channel, Giants Hill, Gogarty, Graveyard, Green, Harris, Heard, Heroine, Irish Sea, Jasper Walsh, Keary, Kilmore, Ladys Island, Lane of Stones, Lobster Pot, Major Keane, Malcolmson, Netherton, Ondine, Onidine, ouzel, Pascoe, Pellat, Pierce, Prince Consort, Quakers, Ridge, Robert Garden, Robinson, Saltees, Secret, Silly, Tacumshane, thousand ships, Tuskar, Undine, Vaughs, Vauks, Walsh, Waterford, wexford, wreck, Yola.
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